40th Anniversary Team Mini Bios
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QB Dan Fouts 1973-87
Selected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993
Holds team’s career records for passing attempts (5,604), completions (3,297),
yards (43,040), completion percentage (.590) and touchdowns (254)
Ranks fifth all-time in NFL history for passing yards, ninth in touchdown passes
and sixth in pass completions

RB Paul Lowe 1960-68
Chargers all-time leader with 4,963 rushing yards. Holds team record for longest run from scrimmage (87t yards vs. Dallas in 1961). Ranks second in team history with 39 career rushing touchdowns.

RB Keith Lincoln 1961-66, 1968
Ranks sixth in Chargers history with 2,698 rushing yards Set team single-season record in 1963 with 6.45-yards per carry average.
 
 
 
 
 

RB Chuck Muncie 1980-84
Selected to Pro Bowl in 1992-93 Ranks fourth in team history with 3,309 rushing yards Holds team records for single-season rushing touchdowns (19 in 1981) and career rushing touchdowns (43).

WR Charlie Joiner 1976-86
Chargers all-time leading receiver with 586 catches
Ranks second in team history with 9,203 receiving yards
Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996

WR Lance Alworth 1962-70 Chargers all-time leader with 9,585 career receiving yards. All-time leader with 19.4-yards per catch average on 493 career catches.Holds team record with 81 career touchdown catches.Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978.
 
 
 

WR Wes Chandler 1981-87.
Ranks fifth in team history for receiving yards (6,132) and seventh in receptions. (373) Holds team record with 260 receiving yards versus Cincinnati Dec. 20, 1982.

TE Kellen Winslow 1979-87
Ranks second all-time in Chargers history with 541 career catches and fourth with 6,741 receiving yards. Holds team single-game record with 15 catches at Green Bay Oct. 7, 1984 Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995.

C Don Macek 1976-89. Tied with Junior Seau for fifth all-time in team history with 160 career games played. Tied with Doug Wilkerson for second in team
                                                                                                                                                                                           history with 14 seasons played.

G Doug Wilkerson 1971-84
Inducted into Chargers’ Hall of Fame in 2000. Ranks second in team history with 195 career games played. Ranks third in team history with 114 consecutive starts Three-time Pro Bowl selection from 1981-83.

G Ed White 1978-85. Played in 1980 Pro Bowl. Played in 119 games for Chargers from 1978-85.

T Ron Mix 1960-69. Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979. Eight-time All-AFL selection. Played in seven AFL All-Star games. Named   team’s  most valuable player in 1962.

T Russ Washington 1968-82
Five-time Pro Bowl Selection (1975-76 & 1978-80), Chargers all-time leader with 200 career games played. Tied with Dan Fouts for most seasons as an active player (15),

K John Carney 1990-current
Field goal percentage of 81.61 ranks second in NFL among kickers with 100 FG’s. Holds nine team records, including points (1,027), made field goals (251), longest field goal (54 yards) and consecutive made field goals (29). First player in team history to score more than 1,000 career points.

Wild Card Sid Gillman 1960-69
Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983. Led Chargers to a record of 87-57-6 in 10 seasons with the team.
 
 
 

Head Coach Don Coryell 1978-86
Posted record of 72-60 in nine seasons as the Chargers head coach. Inducted into the Chargers’ Hall of Fame in 1994. Led his teams to three AFC West Championships, four playoff berths and two AFC Championship Games.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

E Fred Dean 1975-81
Named Pro Bowl starter in 1980 & ’81. Recorded 15.5 sacks for Chargers in 1978.

DE Leslie O’Neal 1986, 1988-95
Chargers all-time leader with 105.5 career sacks, Set team record with five sacks against Dallas Nov. 16, 1986, Five-time Pro Bowl selection.

DT Gary "Big Hands" Johnson 1975-84
Holds team single-season sack record with 17.5 sacks in 1980, Ranks second in team history with 67.0 career sacks. Inducted into Chargers Hall of Fame in 1999.
 
 
 
 
 
 

DT Louie Kelcher 1975-83
Three-time Pro Bowl selection (1978-79 & 1981)
Played in 100 career games for Chargers

LB Junior Seau 1990-current
Has played in team record nine Pro Bowls (1992-2000). Named to NFL’s All-Decade Team for 1990s by Pro Football Hall of Fame. Named team’s most valuable player four times and defensive player of the year twice.

LB Woodrow Lowe 1976-86
Tied for sixth in Chargers’ record books with 21 interceptions for 343 yards. Returned four interceptions for touchdowns in his career
 
 
 
 
 
 

LB Billy Ray Smith 1983-92
Recorded 26.5 sacks and 15 interceptions in 126 games with the Chargers. Named team’s most valuable player in 1987 after recording career-best five interceptions.

DB Gill Byrd 1983-92
Chargers all-time leader with 42 interceptions and 546 interception  return yards. Two-time Pro Bowl selection in 1992 & ’93.

DB Leslie "Speedy" Duncan 1964-70
Chargers all-time leader with four punt returns for touchdowns. Holds team record with 5,037 combined punt and kickoff return yards. Tied for sixth in team history with 21 interceptions.
 
 
 
 
 
 

S Charlie McNeil 1960-64
Holds single-season interception (nine) and interception return yardage (349). records. Holds team record for most interception return yards in a single game (177)

S Rodney Harrison 1994-current
Selected to the Pro Bowl following the 1998 season. Chargers’ Defensive Player of the Year in 1996 and ’97; Made NFL history in 1997 as the only player in league history to score touchdowns on a fumble return, an interception return and a kickoff return in the same season

P Darren Bennett 1995-current
Named to NFL’s All-Decade Team for 1990’s by Pro Football Hall of Fame. Holds team records for career punting average (44.9), single game punting average (59.5 on Oct. 1, 1995), single season punts (95) and single season punt yards (4,174).
 
 
 
 
 

PR Lionel "Little Train" James 1984-88
Ranks fourth in team history with 2,094 kickoff return yards and 1,193 punt return yards. Holds team single game record with 345 combined yards vs. L.A. Raiders Nov. 10, 1985.

ST Hank Bauer 1977-82
Named to all-time team for outstanding special teams play. Collected a career-high eight rushing touchdowns in 1978 & ‘79.

Wild Card Rolf Benirschke 1977-86
Ranks second in team history with 766 career points and 208 made field goals. Kicked game-winning 29-yard field goal in epic 1981 playoff battle against Miami. Selected to Pro Bowl in 1983. Inducted into Chargers’ Hall of Fame in 1997.