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Column: Former Chargers LB Donnie Edwards earns NFL award for assisting U.S. military personnel

Putting the San Diego into Chargers came easily to Donnie Edwards.

Edwards cheered for “Air Coryell” teams as a boy living in Chula Vista, and called San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium a special place. As an NFL linebacker, he turned down the Rams soon after they’d reached two Super Bowls so he could sign with the Bolts. He missed no starts in the five years he spent with the team, and played for AFC West-champions in 2004 and 2006.

Where he has shined brightest as a San Diegan, though, is off the football field.

The many good deeds Edwards, 46, does for U.