The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football club that plays in the National Football League at present time and participates in the league (NFL).
The Chargers football team was founded in 1960 and played in Los Angeles for their inaugural season before relocating to San Diego the following year. 2017 was the year the team relocated back to Los Angeles.
The Chargers played the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX but were defeated by a score of 49–26. The victory was the Chargers’ first and only AFC title win.
The American Football League (AFL) was the team that the San Diego Chargers belonged to from its inception in 1959 until their merger with the National Football League in 1963. Barron Hilton, the heir to the Hilton Hotel chain and son of the company’s namesake Conrad Hilton, purchased the franchise in its infancy. Sid Gillman,
, who was highly renowned as an offensive innovator, and served as the team’s lone coach for the ten years that the AFL was in existence.
During his career, wide receiver Lance Alworth established the record for the most consecutive games with a reception in the history of professional football with 96.
They were given the moniker “Chargers” because of their illustrious defensive line, which resulted in the term “Fearsome Foursome” being coined to represent the group of all-stars that played on that defensive line.
When did Chargers move to LA?
In 1959, the Chargers were established as a professional football team in Los Angeles, and the following year, they became a founder member of the American Football League (AFL).
They played their inaugural campaign in Los Angeles before making the move to San Diego in 1961, at which point they adopted the name “San Diego Chargers.”