Grew up in Escondido used to ride my bike to their pre-season training field on west side Broadway between Washington Ave . and Grant St. (now named Mission AV.).. those were the days Lance Alworth, Paul Lowe etc.
+Dave Sparks Ha! I've lived in Escondido for the last 15 years. Used to live on Juniper St. just south of Washington, I know right where you are talking about. Crazy thinking that used to be where the Chargers pre-season training facility was. If they were still there I would probably go watch them now.
Now THIS is football ! The 1960's Chargers were loaded with talent and they appeared in 5 of the first 6 AFL Championship games, winning it all in 1963. Coach Gillman was nothing short of a genius in the passing game and with Hadl and Alworth being an incredibly potent QB / WR combo (as well as all the other fine recievers) it amazing that they didn't win more championships. Always great to see 1960's American Football League color footage. Fantastic Post !
SD BOLTS would not have beaten the ‘62 PACKERS OR ‘63 BEARS.. nor the ‘64 BROWNS OR ‘65 PACKERS. Folks that believe they were better than a great defensive group in CHITOWN under GEORGE ALLEN, or the GB PACK OR the JIMMY BROWN CLEVES.. are kidding themselves. It’s like saying that the WHA WINNIPEG JETS could beat the ‘70’s MONTREAL CANADIENS in a series for the WORLD PRO CLUBS HOCKEY title.. LOL.. Examine the rosters and pedigrees against the NFL players and you tell me ABOUT SD. No.. wouldn’t have happened.. To be thinking it would.. Well.. It’s ludicrous.
At 16:07, the start of the Lance Alworth feature, just take note of the all-league DBs he is shredding...Willie Mitchell and Fred Williamson (KC), John Sample and Dainard Paulson (NYJ), Willie Brown and Goose Gonsoulin (DEN), John Hall (BOS)...the list goes on! BTW: The producers of this color footage, Tel Ra Films, was absorbed by Ed Sabol into the new NFL Films and its subsidiary (due to the June 1966 league merger), AFL Films for three seasons until the merger took place Jan. 20, 1970.
Tel Ra did films of the NFL from the 1940s until the 1950s. Narrators included Ted Husing, Harry Wismer and Jim Leaming. They did films of the AFL until Ed Sabol and NFL Films absorbed Tel Ra Films and took over the package.
@@armorybrunotjr.3204, and early sixties, right? There was also a WINIK or WINICK PRODUCTIONS group DOING AFL HIGHLIGHTS, too. That was from 1963 up until 1968 when AFL(NFL FILMS)took over.. I believe the voiceover narrator was usually a local announcer.
Willie Mitchell was a nickel back by the time the CHIEFS won SUPE IV.. He had a very brief career in the NFL days, too, post-‘69. Williamson was less than a journeyman in the NFL before his AFL days. Gonsoulin had a big picks season in the early days of the weaker era of the AFL, and was out of the league in just a few years. Sample had one big season himself in the NFL and then was average thereafter. He was good in the stronger days of the AFL, but quit before the 1970’s NFL era..PAULSON never was good in his very brief days in the NFL. Finally, only W. BROWN was truly great in both the AFL& post-‘69 AFC/NFL years. ALWORTH was great in the AFL, at the end of his career in the early NFL ‘70’s era he was just.. okay at ages 31-33..
To this day Bill Walsh is often given sole credit for having created the "West Coast Offense." Although Walsh does indeed deserve a lot of credit for the contributions he made to the evolution of the passing game, the fact remains he was standing on the shoulders of two offensive maestros who aren't mentioned nearly enough when discussing the West Coast Offense -- Sid Gillman and Paul Brown.
@@kirkmoore4515 I know all about Coryell. He was undoubtedly influenced by Gilman as much as Walsh was. The difference is that Walsh's version of Gilman's pass-oriented offense was designed with a weak-armed QB in mind, whereas Coryell's wasn't.
The Chargers had a cutting edge look to them. From their glorious uniforms to their high flying offense. The great coaching of Sid Gillman was another ironic twist. As a Jew, Gillman faced perpetual prejudice as a coach. After leaving the great Los Angeles Rams teams of the Fifties, he finally landed with the Chargers in the AFL. Combined with Al Davis, the two geniuses catapulted the Chargers to the top. The NFLs prejudice gave the AFL a decisive edge. In talent and in coaching.
Those old Chargers actually had a great kick returner in speedy Duncan, Lance Alworth in his prime and an aging Paul Lowe but still productive RB. Pre steroid days where the OL avg. 265 lbs and now around 320 lbs. Brand new SD Stadium...unbelievable at 27 mills. compared to the Cowboys AT&T stadium over 1 billion and if the San Diego / Chargers can build a new stadium???
Interesting timeline, the Chargers and the city of San Diego were arguing over a new stadium for the Chargers years ago, long before the roof of the Vikings stadium collapsed under the snow in Minneapolis. Since then the Vikings and the city of Minneapolis argued over a new stadium, settled their argument, built a new stadium, and the Vikings are now playing in a new house. Meanwhile the Chargers and the City of San Diego are still arguing.
The Chargers do not belong in Los Angeles. They played their maiden season there in 1960 and drew flies in the Memorial Coliseum. About the only people there were the players families. Hoteliers Barron and Conrad Hilton decided to move the franchise to San Diego; they did not want to compete with the NFL's Rams for attention. The Chargers had a very successful run in San Diego for 56 seasons (1961-2016).
My opinion is not irrelevant. Alex Spanos wanted to keep the Chargers in San Diego, but the city couldn't get him the financial resources to get him a palatial new home to build it. San Diegans were hurt.
A BIG AFL fan here...yes, you're right. But, I believe the first pro team was the 1960 Chicago White Sox , whose then-owner, the innovative Bill Veeck, put the names on the Sox' uniforms after seeing previews of the AFL uniforms to be used in the following fall. Also, wasn't '66 the last year of the red/white striped AFL official's gear? Looked great in the '90s throwback games between ex-AFL teams...where they even used the old Spalding J5V AFL football!
They should have built the Chargers a new stadium in the early 2000s like they did for the Padres…what a shame ….the Chargers represented San Diego way before the Padres were around
@@Flockengruven Justin didn't mean that the Chargers played in L.A. in the '80s. He just said they will play in L.A. when they move there like they played in S.D. in the '80s.
Having been to a few games at Qualcomm I would say one big problem is there are no good seats. It is due to it being designed as a multi-sport stadium. Row 20 of the lower level on the 50 yard line should be the best seat in the house, but it is a long way from the field. Compare it to seats on the 50 yard line at UNLV for the Las Vegas Bowl for example, and Qualcomm stadium sucks for watching football in comparison. I don't know why it has to take a billion $ to fix it, though.
***** Simple: inflation, labor costs, contracting bids and bear in mind that unlike the 60s and 70s major food chains like Dairy Queen and Carl's Jr. have an interest in selling food at venues. Also Uncle Sam and Sacramento get their pieces of the pie too. Keep in mind the Chargers have to make money off turnstile revenues. Welcome to the world of the big business of professional sports.
+David Lafleche Wow-wee, is that really true? Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I've heard that old Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro, MA was notorious for its faulty toilets backing up, was it not? ;^)
Yes. But they added water tanks, and that fixed it. Later, they did a "super flush"--volunteers were stationed at every toilet. When a signal was given, all the toilets were flushed simultaneously. They worked.
in the beginning of the video, the narrator states that the Bills beat the Chargers in the previous championship game, and the Chargers were "anxious to settle the score today." this is a thought that is expressed quite often when teams that faced each other in a previous year's playoff or championship game. I always think, how in the world can a win in a regular season game "settle the score" for a playoff and especially for a championship game loss? i'm sure the Chargers winning the first game of the season felt just as great as the Bills felt when they won the final game of the previous season.
also, how were the Chargers the most successful afl team up to this point? perhaps more regular season wins, but the Oilers and Bills had both won 2 championships, and all four of those championships came at the expense of the chargers. who was more successful in the 70's? the Steelers 4 super bowl championships or the cowboys 5 super bowl appearances? how about the early 90's Bills or Cowboys? the team that wins championships.
They had unreal team speed and seems to me their offense could've beaten any of the good NFL teams of the day. Joe Namath had said that John Hadl was as good as - or better - than the best NFL quarterbacks. Not lots of info on their defense, but they won titles on a consistent bssis, did they not? Speedy Duncan is everywhere. Played a gigantic role in them winning so many games. Thst sky blue and deep yellow made for one of the better uniforms.
@tommythomason6187, Their long and gradual decline from the AFL/AFC West's upper echelon mainly owed to poor personnel and drafting decisions, primarily on the defensive side of the field. In '66, the Chargers' drop from title contention can be attributed to a disastrous rush defense which went from first in the League to the worst in every meaningful metric. They couldn't get off the field as opponents increasingly ran roughshod over them as the season progressed, leading to winning only 3 times in their last 10 games, despite still having a pretty potent offense. The team was a non-factor in the divisional race after late season collapses in both '67 and '68 until the Coryell era really moved into high gear a decade later.
+PunkyPower3000 You couldn't be more wrong.. They belong where they've spent over 50 years, San Diego.. They were in LA while balboa stadium was being made and it was only 1 year. Not to mention the LA fan base hates the Chargers because they are either Rams or Raiders fans, or they simply hate them because San Diego is a rival city to LA. Rams fans have already started a boycott of the Chargers moving to LA and have over 50,000 members
+rellybws i'm a Raiders fan, hate to defend the Chargers, but you are wearing bengals gear in your pic, maybe you should think before commenting on what other teams have won lol
Grew up in Escondido used to ride my bike to their pre-season training field on west side Broadway between Washington Ave . and Grant St. (now named Mission AV.).. those were the days Lance Alworth, Paul Lowe etc.
+Dave Sparks Ha! I've lived in Escondido for the last 15 years. Used to live on Juniper St. just south of Washington, I know right where you are talking about. Crazy thinking that used to be where the Chargers pre-season training facility was. If they were still there I would probably go watch them now.
I was born in escondido
I used to live on Lendee Drive. That's so weird that you use to live so close, lol.
Now THIS is football !
The 1960's Chargers were loaded with talent and they appeared in 5 of the first 6 AFL Championship games, winning it all in 1963. Coach Gillman was nothing short of a genius in the passing game and with Hadl and Alworth being an incredibly potent QB / WR combo (as well as all the other fine recievers) it amazing that they didn't win more championships. Always great to see 1960's American Football League color footage. Fantastic Post !
now they suck
If only we can get gillman type of coach an good owner
EhiVlogs KC sucks
They chocked and lost big time against the Chargers ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️😂😂😂😂😂😂
SD BOLTS would not have beaten the ‘62 PACKERS OR ‘63 BEARS..
nor the ‘64 BROWNS OR ‘65 PACKERS.
Folks that believe they were better than a great defensive group in CHITOWN under GEORGE ALLEN, or the GB PACK OR the JIMMY BROWN CLEVES.. are kidding themselves.
It’s like saying that the WHA WINNIPEG JETS could beat the ‘70’s MONTREAL CANADIENS in a series for the WORLD PRO CLUBS HOCKEY title..
LOL..
Examine the rosters and pedigrees against the NFL players and you tell me ABOUT SD.
No.. wouldn’t have happened..
To be thinking it would..
Well..
It’s ludicrous.
Sensational video of the SD Chargers in their prime.
A piece of trivia, The AFL was the first league to place last names of players on the back of jerseys.
One year the Raiders had first & last names on their backs.
How trivial.
@@jckyhn7329 The 1960 Raiders had first & last names on the back of their black & gold jerseys.
It was great then. But the names should be removed from NFL uniforms today. Obviously too many "look at me" divas. Screw those bastards.🏈
@@t4texastomjohnnycat978 agree. these punks nowdays are classless thugs...
My childhood team ! Since 1956
At 16:07, the start of the Lance Alworth feature, just take note of the all-league DBs he is shredding...Willie Mitchell and Fred Williamson (KC), John Sample and Dainard Paulson (NYJ), Willie Brown and Goose Gonsoulin (DEN), John Hall (BOS)...the list goes on! BTW: The producers of this color footage, Tel Ra Films, was absorbed by Ed Sabol into the new NFL Films and its subsidiary (due to the June 1966 league merger), AFL Films for three seasons until the merger took place Jan. 20, 1970.
Tel Ra did films of the NFL from the 1940s until the 1950s.
Narrators included Ted Husing, Harry Wismer and Jim Leaming. They
did films of the AFL until Ed Sabol and NFL Films absorbed Tel Ra
Films and took over the package.
@@armorybrunotjr.3204, and early sixties, right?
There was also a WINIK or WINICK PRODUCTIONS group DOING AFL HIGHLIGHTS, too.
That was from 1963 up until 1968 when AFL(NFL FILMS)took over..
I believe the voiceover narrator was usually a local announcer.
@@robertsprouse9282 And possibly the early 1960s.
And Tel Ra still exists as a production company.
Willie Mitchell was a nickel back by the time the CHIEFS won SUPE IV.. He had a very brief career in the NFL days, too, post-‘69.
Williamson was less than a journeyman in the NFL before his AFL days.
Gonsoulin had a big picks season in the early days of the weaker era of the AFL, and was out of the league in just a few years.
Sample had one big season himself in the NFL and then was average thereafter. He was good in the stronger days of the AFL, but quit before the 1970’s NFL era..PAULSON never was good in his very brief days in the NFL. Finally, only W. BROWN was truly great in both the AFL& post-‘69 AFC/NFL years.
ALWORTH was great in the AFL, at the end of his career in the early NFL ‘70’s era he was just.. okay at ages 31-33..
Speedy Ducon was my High school special teams coach
The legendary Jim Simpson was the narrator for this piece....he also did AFL telecasts along with Curt Gowdy and Charlie Jones for NBC.
This was narrated by Lyle Bond, the voice of the Chargers. Says so right at the end of the video.
Wow, thanks for uploading, nice vintage stuff of the Chargers
To this day Bill Walsh is often given sole credit for having created the "West Coast Offense." Although Walsh does indeed deserve a lot of credit for the contributions he made to the evolution of the passing game, the fact remains he was standing on the shoulders of two offensive maestros who aren't mentioned nearly enough when discussing the West Coast Offense -- Sid Gillman and Paul Brown.
Don Coryell. Aztecs. Then Chargers.
Look up that coaching tree!
The Vikings were using that offense in the mid to late 70s. Check the receiving figures for Chuck Foreman, Rickey Young and Bob Tucker
@@kirkmoore4515 I know all about Coryell. He was undoubtedly influenced by Gilman as much as Walsh was. The difference is that Walsh's version of Gilman's pass-oriented offense was designed with a weak-armed QB in mind, whereas Coryell's wasn't.
I love the comment about how the Chargers met with three straight defeats.. . but on the brighter side . . . !
The Chargers had a cutting edge look to them. From their glorious uniforms to their high flying offense. The great coaching of Sid Gillman was another ironic twist. As a Jew, Gillman faced perpetual prejudice as a coach. After leaving the great Los Angeles Rams teams of the Fifties, he finally landed with the Chargers in the AFL. Combined with Al Davis, the two geniuses catapulted the Chargers to the top. The NFLs prejudice gave the AFL a decisive edge. In talent and in coaching.
1966 The GREATEST YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: THE YEAR OF MY BIRTH!!
GILLMAN TO HADL: What have you got for a second and 41 to go?
HADL: '' 67 YARD TD PASS TO GENE FOSTER, Coach.."
Incredible!
Those old Chargers actually had a great kick returner in speedy Duncan, Lance Alworth in his prime and an aging Paul Lowe but still productive RB. Pre steroid days where the OL avg. 265 lbs and now around 320 lbs. Brand new SD Stadium...unbelievable at 27 mills. compared to the Cowboys AT&T stadium over 1 billion and if the San Diego / Chargers can build a new stadium???
Interesting timeline, the Chargers and the city of San Diego were arguing over a new stadium for the Chargers years ago, long before the roof of the Vikings stadium collapsed under the snow in Minneapolis. Since then the Vikings and the city of Minneapolis argued over a new stadium, settled their argument, built a new stadium, and the Vikings are now playing in a new house. Meanwhile the Chargers and the City of San Diego are still arguing.
And now the Chargers are back in Los Angeles. But they belong in San Diego. I hope they move back one day.
The Chargers do not belong in Los Angeles. They played their maiden season there in 1960 and drew flies in the Memorial
Coliseum. About the only people there were the players families.
Hoteliers Barron and Conrad Hilton decided to move the franchise
to San Diego; they did not want to compete with the NFL's Rams for
attention. The Chargers had a very successful run in San Diego for 56 seasons (1961-2016).
THEY DON'T BELONG IN L.A??... WITHOUT THE INFLUENCE OF L.A(USC)THE CHARGERS WOULDN'T EXIST...YOUR OPINION IS IRRELEVANT.
My opinion is not irrelevant. Alex Spanos wanted to keep the Chargers in San Diego, but the city couldn't get him the financial resources to get him
a palatial new home to build it. San Diegans were hurt.
Balboa Stadium
great cartoon at the start.
Thanks a lot, Dean, for being so greedy, and ripping the Chargers from their rightful home. Good luck to the Spani clan in LAX; you're gonna need it.
THEN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SHOULD'VE APPROVED THE STADIUM!!
You're right l I bed all over la and occasionally season holder since85 sd loves football la loves the Lakers plain and simple
This is epic! Where did u get this?
A BIG AFL fan here...yes, you're right. But, I believe the first pro team was the 1960 Chicago White Sox , whose then-owner, the innovative Bill Veeck, put the names on the Sox' uniforms after seeing previews of the AFL uniforms to be used in the following fall. Also, wasn't '66 the last year of the red/white striped AFL official's gear? Looked great in the '90s throwback games between ex-AFL teams...where they even used the old Spalding J5V AFL football!
Fun to see the concept model of San Diego/Jack Murphy/Qualcomm Stadium. Such enthusiasm for a place with such a lousy fate.
i loved that stadium.
@@graciemaemarie11jones16 Chris Berman called it The Murph. November 27th, 1988. "Niners, Chargers at The Murph"
They should have built the Chargers a new stadium in the early 2000s like they did for the Padres…what a shame ….the Chargers represented San Diego way before the Padres were around
50 Years ago....now they'll play in LA like they did in the 1980s
The Chargers never played in LA in the 80's, the Raiders did from '82 to '94. The Chargers played in LA for one year, 1960.
@@Flockengruven
Justin didn't mean that the Chargers played in L.A. in the '80s.
He just said they will play in L.A. when they move there like they played in S.D. in the '80s.
@@t4texastomjohnnycat978 MAYBE YOU SHOULD READ HIS COMMENT AGAIN, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN THE 1980s
GREAT VIDEO!!!
Hadl on point tho his movements his throws omg
12:56 *"United Airlines flies 8 of 9 AFL teams throughout the season"* ... I wonder who the holdout was???
Likely the Oilers, since United didn't fly to Texas at the time. Same reason the Cowboys were a holdout in the NFL. Now Houston is a major United hub.
@@gregsells8549 *_very interesting ... thanks for sharing!_* 🫡
$27 million in 1966. A far cry from the billion something price tag of the 21st Century.
Having been to a few games at Qualcomm I would say one big problem is there are no good seats. It is due to it being designed as a multi-sport stadium. Row 20 of the lower level on the 50 yard line should be the best seat in the house, but it is a long way from the field. Compare it to seats on the 50 yard line at UNLV for the Las Vegas Bowl for example, and Qualcomm stadium sucks for watching football in comparison. I don't know why it has to take a billion $ to fix it, though.
***** Simple: inflation, labor costs, contracting bids and bear in mind that unlike the 60s and 70s major food chains like Dairy Queen and Carl's Jr. have an interest in selling food at venues. Also Uncle Sam and Sacramento get their pieces of the pie too. Keep in mind the Chargers have to make money off turnstile revenues. Welcome to the world of the big business of professional sports.
Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro cost only $7.1 million.
+David Lafleche Wow-wee, is that really true? Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I've heard that old Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro, MA was notorious for its faulty toilets backing up, was it not? ;^)
Yes. But they added water tanks, and that fixed it. Later, they did a "super flush"--volunteers were stationed at every toilet. When a signal was given, all the toilets were flushed simultaneously. They worked.
Chargers belong in San Diego, not LA.
Yeah i agree but they started originally in l.a.
#boltup
in the beginning of the video, the narrator states that the Bills beat the Chargers in the previous championship game, and the Chargers were "anxious to settle the score today." this is a thought that is expressed quite often when teams that faced each other in a previous year's playoff or championship game. I always think, how in the world can a win in a regular season game "settle the score" for a playoff and especially for a championship game loss? i'm sure the Chargers winning the first game of the season felt just as great as the Bills felt when they won the final game of the previous season.
also, how were the Chargers the most successful afl team up to this point? perhaps more regular season wins, but the Oilers and Bills had both won 2 championships, and all four of those championships came at the expense of the chargers. who was more successful in the 70's? the Steelers 4 super bowl championships or the cowboys 5 super bowl appearances? how about the early 90's Bills or Cowboys? the team that wins championships.
Also, I believe that Buffalo had beaten the Chargers in two straight AFL championship games.
They had unreal team speed and seems to me their offense could've beaten any of the good NFL teams of the day. Joe Namath had said that John Hadl was as good as - or better - than the best NFL quarterbacks.
Not lots of info on their defense, but they won titles on a consistent bssis, did they not?
Speedy Duncan is everywhere.
Played a gigantic role in them winning so many games. Thst sky blue and deep yellow made for one of the better uniforms.
@tommythomason6187, Their long and gradual decline from the AFL/AFC West's upper echelon mainly owed to poor personnel and drafting decisions, primarily on the defensive side of the field.
In '66, the Chargers' drop from title contention can be attributed to a disastrous rush defense which went from first in the League to the worst in every meaningful metric. They couldn't get off the field as opponents increasingly ran roughshod over them as the season progressed, leading to winning only 3 times in their last 10 games, despite still having a pretty potent offense.
The team was a non-factor in the divisional race after late season collapses in both '67 and '68 until the Coryell era really moved into high gear a decade later.
@@mitchellmelkin4078 That's interesting info. Thanks.
Now they are in LA city yuk
I can't wait for my husband's team to move back to Los Angeles in 2016. The Chargers belong in Los Angeles. Classic Chargers!
+PunkyPower3000 You couldn't be more wrong.. They belong where they've spent over 50 years, San Diego.. They were in LA while balboa stadium was being made and it was only 1 year. Not to mention the LA fan base hates the Chargers because they are either Rams or Raiders fans, or they simply hate them because San Diego is a rival city to LA. Rams fans have already started a boycott of the Chargers moving to LA and have over 50,000 members
Nope
Steph Ponsi facts
Awesome Video! Where did you find this?
Los Angeles Chargers Theeee only original LA football franchise that currently exists.
heahhhhhh!, Dallas TEXANS!!!!!
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haven't won shit still lmao
+rellybws i'm a Raiders fan, hate to defend the Chargers, but you are wearing bengals gear in your pic, maybe you should think before commenting on what other teams have won lol
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If the chargers had the chiefs defense they woulda won several more AFL titles poss played in the 1st 2 Superbowls.
heahhhhhh!, Dallas TEXANS!!!!!
U. R. The. Man.