San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
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Basic info
Established	1961
Ended	2016
Colors	Navy blue, powder blue, gold, white;
Fight song	San Diego Super Chargers
Personnel
Owner(s)	Barron Hilton (1961–1966); Eugene Klein and Sam Schulman (1966–1984); Alex Spanos (1984–2016)
General manager	Sid Gillman (1961–1970); Harland Svare (1971–1975); Johnny Sanders (1976–1986); Steve Ortmayer (1987–1989); Bobby Beathard (1990–2000); John Butler (2001–2003); A. J. Smith (2003–2013); Tom Telesco (2013–2016)
Head coach	Sid Gillman (1961–1969, 1971); Charlie Waller (1969–1970); Harland Svare (1971–1973); Ron Waller (1973); Tommy Prothro (1974–1978); Don Coryell (1978–1986); Al Saunders (1986–1988); Dan Henning (1989–1991); Bobby Ross (1992–1996); Kevin Gilbride (1997–1998); June Jones (1998); Mike Riley (1999–2001); Marty Schottenheimer (2002–2006); Norv Turner (2007–2012); Mike McCoy (2013–2016)
Nicknames
	The Bolts; San Diego Super Chargers;
Team history
	Los Angeles Chargers (1960, 2017–present); San Diego Chargers (1961–2016);
Home fields
	Balboa Stadium (1961–1966); San Diego Stadium (1967–2016);
League / conference affiliations
	American Football League (1961–1969) Western Division (1961–1969); ; National Football League (1970–2016) American Football Conference (1970–2016) AFC West (1970–2016); ;
Championships
	League championships: 1; AFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (1); 1963;
	Conference championships: 1 AFC: 1994;
	Division championships: 14 AFL West: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965; AFC West: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009;
Playoff appearances (17)
	AFL: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965; NFL: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013;

The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL). The Chargers played in San Diego, California from 1961 until 2016, before relocating back to the Greater Los Angeles area, where the franchise played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now known as the Los Angeles Chargers.

The Chargers' first home game in San Diego was at Balboa Stadium against the Oakland Raiders on September 17, 1961. The team played a majority of their time in San Diego at San Diego Stadium, from 1967 until 2017. Their final game as a San Diego–based club was played at the end of the 2016 season on January 1, 2017, against the Kansas City Chiefs, who defeated them 37–27.