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The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Originally called the Los Angeles Chargers, the club began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League. The club spent its first season in Los Angeles, California before moving to San Diego in 1961.[1]
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The San Diego Chargers are a professional NFL football team based in San Diego, California since 1961. They are currently members of the AFC West Division. Following the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger, the Chargers advanced to the playoffs seven times with three appearances in the AFC Championship game. In 1963, they won their only AFL Championship title.
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The 2006 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 9-7 record in 2005. They finished the campaign as the #1 seed in the AFC ending the season at 14-2. The team would experience a home field playoff loss for the second time in the past three seasons losing in the final minutes to the New England Patriots 24 -21.
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In 1970, the San Diego Chargers settled into the AFC West division after the NFL merger with the AFL. But by then, the Chargers fell on hard times, Sid Gillman stepped down in 1971, and many of the Charger greats from the 1960s had already either retired or traded. In the early 1970s, the Chargers acquired veteran players like Duane Thomas, Deacon Jones, Johnny Unitas, and Don Woods, but they were unable to help the team as it struggled.
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Chargers restricted free-agent running back Michael Turner, a player the Jets are reportedly eyeing, was given a first- and third-round tender by San Diego. Any team that wants Turner would have to surrender first- and third-round draft picks to sign him. The Jets have tried to acquire Redskins running back Ladell Betts in a trade but a potential deal fell through, according to someone with knowledge of the discussions between the teams. The person requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of trade talks.
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The San Diego Chargers announced Friday, Feb. 1, that more than 300 season tickets are being cancelled due to violations of the team's code of conduct for home games. These season ticket holders will no longer be able to purchase tickets from the team. Most cases involved season ticket holders who were escorted from the stadium by the San Diego Police Department and the team's private security officials in 2006 and 2007.
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