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The Chargers were founded in Los Angeles in 1959 and began AFL play in 1960 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. They moved to San Diego in 1961 after financial losses in their first season, spending 56 years there before returning to Los Angeles in 2017.
Original owner Barron Hilton chose the name after his general manager Frank Leahy suggested it, with Hilton explaining he liked it because crowds were yelling "charge" and sounding the bugle at Dodger Stadium and USC games.
The Chargers have never won a Super Bowl. They reached Super Bowl XXIX in 1994 after winning the AFC Championship, losing to the San Francisco 49ers 49-26. That remains their only Super Bowl appearance.
The Chargers have nine players and two coaches enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Lance Alworth, Fred Dean, Dan Fouts, Charlie Joiner, Ron Mix, Kellen Winslow, Junior Seau, LaDainian Tomlinson, Antonio Gates (inducted 2025), and coaches Sid Gillman and Don Coryell. Drew Brees is scheduled for induction in 2026.
Owner Dean Spanos announced the move on the 12th of January 2017, citing long-standing issues with their San Diego stadium situation. The team paid a $645 million NFL relocation fee and initially played at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson before moving to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood in 2020.
Air Coryell was the pass-heavy offensive system introduced by head coach Don Coryell after he was hired in 1978. With quarterback Dan Fouts, the Chargers led the NFL in passing yards from 1978 to 1983 and again in 1985, making four consecutive playoff appearances. Coryell was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2023.