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Factbox: A look at the San Diego Chargers (Reuters)

(Reuters) - Here is a look at the National Football League's San Diego Chargers who, along with the Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams, are looking to relocate to Los Angeles:

- The Chargers moved to San Diego in 1961, one year after playing in Los Angeles, and were a part of the American Football League (AFL) until the AFL–NFL merger in 1970.

- The team was named by founder and hotel magnate Barron Hilton who said: "I liked it because they were yelling 'charge' and sounding the bugle at Dodgers Stadium and at USC games.