The Los Angeles Chargers were an original American Football League (AFL) team and began in the AFL’s maiden season of 1960. The original owner was Barron Hilton, who took over the Hilton Hotels chain founded by his father Conrad. Hilton had quite a few other projects in the works including a credit card called “Carte Blanche.”
Credit cards were still in their infancy in the 1950’s going into the 1960’s. Diner’s Club was the first company to offer the concept of charging goods and services in 1950. American Express had been in business beginning in 1850, but didn’t go into the credit card avenue until 1950.