List of Los Angeles Chargers retired numbers
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The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL) based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The club began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and spent its first season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961. They returned to the Greater Los Angeles area in 2017. NFL teams assign each of their players a jersey number ranging from 0 through 99. The Chargers no longer issue six retired numbers.
Selection process
As of 2010, the team's policy was to have the Chargers Hall of Fame committee evaluate candidates for a player's number to retire after the player has retired from the league after five years. The committee consisted of Chargers Executive Vice President A. G. Spanos, Chargers public relations director Bill Johnston, San Diego Hall of Champions founder Bob Breitbard, and the presidents of the San Diego Sports Commission and the Chargers Backers Fan Club. There are few recognized guidelines in sports regarding retiring numbers, and the NFL has no specific league policy. "You have to have enough numbers for players to wear," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello.
History
The Chargers have rarely retired numbers.
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