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Los Angeles Chargers

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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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Classification
Team Type
Professional Club 1
Founded Year
1959 1
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Competed In

Source Los Angeles Chargers (Wikipedia)

Plays

Source Los Angeles Chargers (Wikipedia)

Roster

Source Antonio Gates (Wikipedia)
Dan Fouts, Athletes
Source Dan Fouts (Wikipedia)
Drew Brees, Athletes
Source Wikipedia, Drew Brees
Jack Kemp, Athletes
Source Jack Kemp (Wikipedia)
Source John Mackey (American football) (Wikipedia)
Source Philip Rivers (Wikipedia)
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Source Los Angeles Chargers (Wikipedia)Lead, home city
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based in the Greater Los Angeles area
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1. Los Angeles Chargers (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, team type
    professional American football team
  • Lead, founding
    founded in Los Angeles in 1959
  • Lead, home city
    based in the Greater Los Angeles area
  • Plays: American Football, Lead
    professional American football team
  • Competed In: National Football League, Lead, league
    National Football League
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Dan Fouts (Wikipedia)
Roster: Dan Fouts, Lead, San Diego Chargers
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San Diego Chargers
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Antonio Gates (Wikipedia)
Roster: Antonio Gates, Lead, San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers
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San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers
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Philip Rivers (Wikipedia)
Roster: Philip Rivers, Lead, team
Quote, Roster: Philip Rivers, Lead, team
primarily with the Chargers franchise
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Jack Kemp (Wikipedia)
Roster: Jack Kemp, Lead, team
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captain of both the Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers and the Buffalo Bills
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Wikipedia, Drew Brees
WikipediaRoster: Drew Brees, Lead, team, San Diego Chargers
Quote, Roster: Drew Brees, Lead, team, San Diego Chargers
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 (American football) (Wikipedia)
Roster: John Mackey (American football), Lead, team, 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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