Chargers Football

The Los Angeles Chargers won their opening season match against the Las Vegas Raiders in 24-19.  Derek Carr was plagued with throwing interceptions, however, the Chargers defense had room for improvement as the Raider crept up in the 4th quarter.  Austin Ekeler played as hard as ever but he didn't look like he was at the top of his game.  Nevertheless, with football now in the regular season, it's time to dust off the old boxes of football cards and start posting my favorite team.  Here are my four oldest cards of the Chargers.

Featured cards are Pat Curran (1976 Topps), Chip Myers (1977 Topps), Don Woods (1979 Topps) and Mike Fuller (1980 Topps).

The Chargers are the perpetual underdogs but one of these years they'll be kings of the gridiron and take home the Lombardi Trophy. I get fired up every time I watch a Chargers game, and so I'm equally as excited when I get another one of their players in my collection.  The guys I hunt for are now retired and one has passed on, but it's still fun finding their cards, whether it's an insert of players of yesteryear, found in the dime box at a card store, or pulled from a mixed lot at a thrift store.  The players I PC are Jr. Seau, Phillip Rivers, Danny Woodhead, and Ladainian Tomlinson.