<P> According to the official website of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , Barron Hilton agreed after his general manager , Frank Leahy , picked the Chargers name when he purchased an AFL franchise for Los Angeles : `` I liked it because they were yelling ' charge ' and sounding the bugle at Dodgers Stadium and at USC games . '' The Chargers initially considered playing at the Rose Bowl , but instead signed a lease to play at the Los Angeles Coliseum . There is also an alternative theory about a man named Gerald Courtney of Hollywood who won an all - expenses - paid trip to Mexico City and Acapulco for submitting `` Chargers '' in a name - the - team contest . The Chargers only spent one season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961 . From 1961 to 1966 their home field was Balboa Stadium in Balboa Park . As of August 1967 , they moved to the newly constructed SDCCU Stadium ( then named San Diego Stadium ) , where they played their home games until 2016 . </P>
<P> According to the official website of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , Barron Hilton agreed after his general manager , Frank Leahy , picked the Chargers name when he purchased an AFL franchise for Los Angeles : `` I liked it because they were yelling ' charge ' and sounding the bugle at Dodgers Stadium and at USC games . '' The Chargers initially considered playing at the Rose Bowl , but instead signed a lease to play at the Los Angeles Coliseum . There is also an alternative theory about a man named Gerald Courtney of Hollywood who won an all - expenses - paid trip to Mexico City and Acapulco for submitting `` Chargers '' in a name - the - team contest . The Chargers only spent one season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961 . From 1961 to 1966 their home field was Balboa Stadium in Balboa Park . As of August 1967 , they moved to the newly constructed SDCCU Stadium ( then named San Diego Stadium ) , where they played their home games until 2016 . </P>
where did the chargers play in san diego
where did the chargers play in san diego
Balboa Stadium SDCCU Stadium ( then named San Diego Stadium )
Balboa Stadium SDCCU Stadium ( then named San Diego Stadium )