The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area that compete in the National Football League as a member of the American Football Conference West division. The team plays its home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, which it shares with the Los Angeles Rams. The Chargers were founded in Los Angeles in 1959 and began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League. They spent their first season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961, joined the league in the 1970 merger, and moved back to Los Angeles in 2017 after 56 seasons in San Diego.
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based in the Greater Los Angeles area
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professional American football team
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founded in Los Angeles in 1959
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based in the Greater Los Angeles area
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professional American football team
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San Diego Chargers
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San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers
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primarily with the Chargers franchise
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captain of both the Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers and the Buffalo Bills
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Due to questions over his height and arm strength, he was not selected until the second round of the 2001 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers.
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John Mackey (September 24, 1941, July 6, 2011) was an American professional football player who was a tight end for the Baltimore Colts and the San Diego Chargers.
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