List of San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team

The San Diego Chargers announced their 50th Anniversary Team in 2009 to honor the top players and coaches in the history of the National Football League team. The Chargers were founded in 1959 as part of the American Football League. The anniversary team included 53 players and coaches selected from 103 nominees. The Chargers originally stated that only 50 members would be selected; the group is still sometimes referred to as the 50 Greatest Chargers. Online voting by fans accounted for 50 percent of the voting results; votes from Chargers Hall of Famers and five members of the local media made up for the other 50 percent. Over 400,000 votes were cast online. Dan Fouts and LaDainian Tomlinson received the first and second most votes, respectively. The team features seven Pro Football Hall of Fame members and 11 players that were active on the 2009 Chargers team.

Key

Key

*	Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
Years	Years with the San Diego Chargers

Offense

Position	Player	Years	Ref
QB	Fouts, DanDan Fouts*	1973–1987
	Hadl, JohnJohn Hadl	1962–1972
	Humphries, StanStan Humphries	1992–1997
	Rivers, PhilipPhilip Rivers	2004–present
RB	Lincoln, KeithKeith Lincoln	1961–1966, 1968
	Lowe, PaulPaul Lowe	1960–1968
	Means, NatroneNatrone Means	1993–1995, 1998–1999
	Muncie, ChuckChuck Muncie	1980–84
	Tomlinson, LaDainianLaDainian Tomlinson	2001–2009
WR	Alworth, LanceLance Alworth*	1962–1970
	Chandler, WesWes Chandler	1981–1987
	Garrison, GaryGary Garrison	1966–1976
	Jefferson, JohnJohn Jefferson	1978–1980
	Joiner, CharlieCharlie Joiner*	1976–1986
TE	Gates, AntonioAntonio Gates	2003–present
	Winslow, KellenKellen Winslow*	1979–1987
T	Mix, RonRon Mix*	1960–1969
	Washington, RussRuss Washington	1968–1982
	Wright, ErnieErnie Wright	1960–1967, 1972
G	Dielman, KrisKris Dielman	2003–2011
	Sweeney, WaltWalt Sweeney	1963–1970
	White, EdEd White	1978–1985
	Wilkerson, DougDoug Wilkerson	1971–1984
C	Hardwick, NickNick Hardwick	2004–present
	Macek, DonDon Macek	1976–1989

Defense

Position	Player	Years	Ref
DE	Dean, FredFred Dean*	1975–1981
	Faison, EarlEarl Faison	1961–1966
	O'Neal, LeslieLeslie O'Neal	1986, 1988–1995
DT	Johnson, GaryGary Johnson	1975–1984
	Kelcher, LouieLouie Kelcher	1975–1983
	Ladd, ErnieErnie Ladd	1961–1965
	Williams, JamalJamal Williams	1998–2009
LB	Allen, ChuckChuck Allen	1961–1969
	Lowe, WoodrowWoodrow Lowe	1976–1986
	Merriman, ShawneShawne Merriman	2005–2010
	Seau, JuniorJunior Seau	1990–2002
	Smith, Billy RayBilly Ray Smith	1983–1992
DB	Buchanon, WillieWillie Buchanon	1979–1982
	Byrd, GillGill Byrd	1983–1992
	Harrison, RodneyRodney Harrison	1994–2002
	Jammer, QuentinQuentin Jammer	2002–present
	McNeil, CharlieCharlie McNeil	1960–1964

Special teams

Position	Players	Years	Ref
K	Benirschke, RolfRolf Benirschke	1977–1986
	Carney, JohnJohn Carney	1990–2000
KR	Duncan, SpeedySpeedy Duncan	1964–1970
	Sproles, DarrenDarren Sproles	2005–2010
P	Bennett, DarrenDarren Bennett	1995–2003
	Scifres, MikeMike Scifres	2003–present
ST	Bauer, HankHank Bauer	1977–1982
	Osgood, KassimKassim Osgood	2003–2009

Coaches

Coach	Years	Ref
Coryell, DonDon Coryell	1976–1986
Gillman, SidSid Gillman*	1960–1969, 1971
Ross, BobbyBobby Ross	1992–1996

See also

• List of San Diego Chargers 40th Anniversary Team
• List of San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame inductees

References

1. REDIRECT Template:Los Angeles Chargers

 

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