Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame

Junior Seau honored at the Chargers Ring of Honor in San Diego

The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL) based in the Los Angeles Area. The club began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and spent its first season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961.[1] They returned to Los Angeles in 2017. The Chargers created their Hall of Fame in 1976.[2] Eligible candidates for the Hall of Fame must have been retired for at least four seasons.[3] Selections are made by a five-member committee chaired by Dean Spanos, Chargers vice-chairman. As of 1992, other committee members included Bob Breitbard, founder of the San Diego Hall of Champions; Ron Fowler, president of the Greater San Diego Sports Association; Jane Rappoport, president of the Charger Backers; and Bill Johnston, the team's director of public relations.[4]

The initial four members—former players Emil Karas, Frank Buncom, Bob Laraba, and Jacque MacKinnon—were inducted posthumously in 1976.[5] From 1986 through 1992, there were no new inductions.[6] The Los Angeles Times wrote in 1992, "The Chargers have not done a good job in recent years of recognizing their former players."[7] Dan Fouts and Charlie Joiner were inducted in 1993. "It embarrasses me to go into the Hall of Fame before Don Coryell, because if it wasn't for Don Coryell, I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame for the Chargers," said Fouts of his former head coach.[8][9] Coryell was inducted the following year.[10] The Chargers allowed the 2012 inductee to be determined by fans, who selected punter Darren Bennett.[4][11]

The members of the Hall of Fame are honored at the Chargers Walk of Fame at the entrance to their practice facility in El Segundo, California.[12][13] They were previously recognized in San Diego at the Chargers Ring of Honor, viewable above the visiting team's sideline of Qualcomm Stadium on the press level.[14][15] It was founded in 2000 as part of the team's season-long celebration of its 40th anniversary.[14] Before its introduction that season, the Chargers and the Oakland Raiders were the only NFL teams without a Ring of Honor.[16] In 2013, the Chargers also inducted their 1963 AFL Championship team into their Ring of Honor; 15 members of that team were already in the team's Hall of Fame.[17]

Key

Inducted Year officially inducted
Name Name of inductee
Position Player position or other role of inductee
Years Years with the Chargers
No. Jersey number with Chargers (players only)
*
 Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
^
 Number retired by the Chargers

Hall of Fame inductees

Inducted Name Position Years No. Ref
1976Emil KarasLB1960–196656
Frank BuncomLB1962–196855
Bob LarabaLB1960–196153
Jacque MacKinnonTE1961–196938
1977Lance Alworth*WR1962–197019^
1978Ron Mix*OT1960–196974
1979Paul LoweRB1960–196823
1980Barron HiltonMajority owner1960–1966 –
Keith LincolnRB1961–196822
1981Ernie LaddDT1961–196577
Walt SweeneyG1963–197378
1983John HadlQB1962–197221
1984Chuck AllenLB1961–196950
1985Gary GarrisonWR1966–197627
Sid Gillman*Head coach1961–1969, 1971 –
1986Earl FaisonDE1961–196686
1993Dan Fouts*QB1973–198714^
Charlie Joiner*WR1976–198618^
1994Don Coryell*Head coach1978–1986 –
1995Speedy DuncanCB1964–197045
Russ WashingtonOT1968–198270
Kellen Winslow*TE1979–198780^
1996George PernicanoMinority owner1961–present –
1997Rolf BenirschkeK1978–19876
1998Gill ByrdCB1983–199222
1999Gary "Big Hands" JohnsonDT1975–198479
2000Doug WilkersonG1971–198463
2001Wes ChandlerWR1981–198789
2002Stan HumphriesQB1992–199712
Bobby RossHead coach1992–1996 –
2003Louie KelcherDT1975–198374
2004Don MacekC1976–198962
Ed WhiteG1978–198567
2008Fred Dean*DE1975–198171
2011Junior Seau*LB1990–200255^
2012Darren BennettP1995–20032
2014Leslie O'NealDE1986–199591
2015LaDainian Tomlinson*RB2001–200921^
2018Bobby Beathard*General manager1990–2000–
2022Jamal WilliamsNT1998–200976
2023Antonio Gates*TE2003–201885
2025Rodney HarrisonS1994–200237

See also

References

  1. ↑ "San Diego Chargers History". Chargers.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ Hood, Lindsay (October 21, 2010). "Chargers Fun Fact: Team Hall of Fame". NBCSanDiego.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Transcripts from the Chargers Hall of Fame Press Conference". chargers.com (Press release). San Diego Chargers. July 16, 2012. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Judge, Clark (November 29, 1992). "With week to go, Raiders blackout likely". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Sports section. Retrieved March 5, 2012.(subscription required)
  5. ↑ Archer, Todd (October 12, 2003). "What NFL Teams Do To Honor Their Past". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved March 5, 2012.(subscription required)
  6. ↑ Distel, Dave (September 4, 1992). "CHARGERS '92 : Why Wait to Do the Honors?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ Simers, T. J. (August 1, 1992). "If Phillips Is the Bait, Receiver May Be a Need". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.
  8. ↑ McKibben, Dave (November 30, 1992). "Fouts, Joiner in Charger Hall of Fame : Honors". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ Judge, Clark (December 5, 1992). "Without Don Coryell, it's a Hall of Shame". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Sports section. Retrieved March 5, 2012.(subscription required)
  10. ↑ Judge, Clark (December 13, 1993). "Book him, Don-o". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Sports section. Retrieved March 5, 2012.(subscription required)
  11. ↑ Gehlken, Michael (July 16, 2012). "Fans to decide next Chargers Hall of Famer". U-T San Diego. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013.
  12. ↑ Miller, Jeff (July 11, 2024). "Inside the Chargers' lavish new practice facility in El Segundo". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  13. ↑ Horst, Carol (July 15, 2024). "NFL's Los Angeles Chargers Tap Hollywood Magic for New Facility With Walk of Fame, Wolfgang Puck Catering". Variety. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  14. 1 2 Paris, Jay (February 3, 2000). "No midlife crisis for Chargers". The North County Times. pp. C-1, C-7. Retrieved February 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "San Diego Chargers A–Z Fan Guide" (PDF). San Diego Chargers. 2011. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.
  16. ↑ Trotter, Jim (February 3, 2000). "Chargers' future will honor players, uniforms of the past". The San Diego Union Tribune. Sports section. Retrieved March 5, 2012.(subscription required)
  17. ↑ Gehlken, Michael (October 28, 2013). "Chargers to honor their title team". U-T San Diego. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2010 San Diego Chargers Media Guide (PDF). San Diego Chargers. 2010. p. 231. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2010.
  19. ↑ McKibben, Dave (November 30, 1992). "Fouts, Joiner in Charger Hall of Fame". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Rams' coach's son stripped of playoff berth". USA Today. Associated Press. November 11, 2003. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Chargers: Gary 'Big Hands' Johnson dies at 57". SportingNews.com. August 5, 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  22. ↑ Leonard, Tom (November 27, 2011). "Scene & Heard: Tebow Time's cheers, jeers". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Junior Seau's No. 55 officially retired by San Diego Chargers". NFL.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015.
  24. ↑ Gehlken, Michael (September 24, 2012). "Darren Bennett voted into Chargers Hall of Fame". U-T San Diego. Archived from the original on December 29, 2013.
  25. ↑ Williams, Eric D. (September 2, 2014). "DE O'Neal headed to Chargers Hall of Fame". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014.
  26. ↑ Gehlken, Michael (June 10, 2015). "Chargers to honor LaDainian Tomlinson". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015.
  27. ↑ Miller, Jeff (September 7, 2018). "Joey Bosa to miss Chargers' opener with left foot injury". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  28. ↑ Smith, Eric (September 28, 2022). "Jamal Williams Made Undeniable Impact on Path to Chargers Hall of Fame". Chargers.com. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  29. ↑ "Antonio Gates Named 2023 Chargers Hall of Fame Inductee". Chargers.com. August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  30. ↑ "Toughness & Grit: How Rodney Harrison Made the Chargers Hall of Fame". www.chargers.com.
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