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SAN DIEGO CHARGERS HONORSCHARGERS RETIRED NUMBERS1988 — Dan Fouts (number 14)2005 — Lance Alworth (number 19)2012 — Junior Seau (number 55)CHARGERS HALL OF FAME1976 — Frank Buncom,* LB, 1962-67Emil Karas,* LB, 1960-64, 66Bob Laraba,* LB, 1960-61Jacque MacKinnon,* TE, 1961-691977 — Lance Alworth, WR, 1962-701978 — Ron Mix, T, 1960-691979 — Paul Lowe, RB, 1960-681980 — Barron Hilton, Majority Owner, 1960-66Keith Lincoln, RB, 1961-66, 19681981 — Ernie Ladd, DT, 1961-65Walt Sweeney, G, 1963-731983 — John Hadl, QB, 1962-721984 — Chuck Allen, LB, 1961-691985 — Gary Garrison, WR, 1966-76Sid Gillman, Head Coach, 1960-69, 19711986 — Earl Faison, DE, 1961-661993 — Dan Fouts, QB, 1973-87Charlie Joiner, WR, 1976-861994 — Don Coryell, Head Coach, 1978-861995 — Leslie “Speedy” Duncan, CB, 1964-701995 — Kellen Winslow, TE, 1979-871995 — Russ Washington, T, 1968-821996 — George Pernicano, Minority Owner,1961-present1997 — Rolf Benirschke, K, 1977-861998 — Gill Byrd, CB, 1983-921999 — Gary “Big Hands” Johnson, DL, 1975-842000 — Doug Wilkerson, OL, 1971-842001 — Wes Chandler, WR, 1981-872002 — Stan Humphries, QB, 1992-97Bobby Ross, Head Coach, 1992-962003 — Louie Kelcher, DT, 1975-832004 — Don Macek, C, 1976-89Ed White, G, 1978-852008 — Fred Dean, DE, 1975-812011 — Junior Seau, LB, 1990-02*Honorary Members (Inducted posthumously)CHARGERS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER1961 — Earl Faison1962 — Ron Mix1963 — Tobin Rote1964 — Keith Lincoln1965 — Lance Alworth1966 — Lance Alworth1967 — John Hadl1968 — John Hadl1969 — Steve DeLong1970 — Gary Garrison1971 — John Hadl1972 — Cid Edwards1973 — Russ Washington1974 — Don Woods1975 — Pat Curran1976 — Charlie Joiner1977 — Louie Kelcher1978 — John Jefferson1979 — Dan Fouts1980 — John Jefferson1981 — Dan Fouts1982 — Dan Fouts1983 — Charlie Joiner1984 — Earnest Jackson1985 — Lionel James1986 — Gary Anderson1987 — Billy Ray Smith1988 — Gary Anderson1989 — Anthony Miller1990 — Marion Butts1991 — Ronnie Harmon1992 — Ronnie Harmon1993 — Leslie O'Neal, Junior Seau1994 — Natrone Means1995 — Dwayne Harper, Leslie O’Neal1996 — Tony Martin1997 — Junior Seau1998 — Junior Seau1999 — Junior Seau2000 — Junior Seau2001 — Junior Seau2002 — LaDainian Tomlinson2003 — LaDainian Tomlinson2004 — Drew Brees2005 — LaDainian Tomlinson2006 — LaDainian Tomlinson2007 — LaDainian Tomlinson2008 — Philip Rivers, Jamal Williams2009 — Philip Rivers2010 — Philip Rivers2011 — Philip RiversCHARGERS LINEMAN OF YEAR1971 — Walt Sweeney1972 — Deacon Jones1973 — Russ Washington1974 — Doug Wilkerson1975 — Doug Wilkerson1976 — Doug Wilkerson1977 — Doug Wilkerson1978 — Fred Dean1979 — Wilbur Young1980 — Gary “Big Hands” Johnson1981 — Doug Wilkerson1982 — Doug Wilkerson1983 — Ed White1984 — Ed White, Doug Wilkerson1985 — Ed White1986 — Jim Lachey1987 — Jim Lachey1988 — Lee Williams1989 — Leslie O’Neal, Lee Williams1990 — Lee Williams1991 — Courtney Hall, Harry Swayne1992 — Leslie O’Neal1993 — Courtney Hall1994 — Leslie O’Neal1995 — Shawn Lee1996 — Eric Moten1997 — Raleigh McKenzie, John Parrella1998 — Norman Hand1999 — Norman Hand, Raylee Johnson2000 — John Parrella2001 — Raylee Johnson2002 — Jason Ball2003 — Cory Raymer, DeQuincy Scott2004 — Jamal Williams2005 — Jamal Williams2006 — Kris Dielman, Marcus McNeill,Jamal Williams2007 — Kris Dielman2008 — Jamal Williams2009 — Marcus McNeill2010 — Kris Dielman, Antonio Garay2011 — Nick HardwickCHARGERS MOST INSPIRATIONAL PLAYER(Emil Karas Memorial Award)1975 — Pat Curran1976 — Tom Graham1977 — Pat Curran1978 — Hank Bauer1979 — Glen Edwards1980 — Rolf Benirschke, Glen Edwards,Charlie Joiner1981 — Charlie Joiner1982 — Charlie Joiner1983 — Charlie Joiner1984 — Charlie Joiner1985 — Charlie Joiner1986 — Charlie Joiner1987 — Woodrow Lowe1988 — Gill Byrd1989 — Gill Byrd1990 — Gill Byrd1991 — Gill Byrd1992 — Gill ByrdMEDIA GUIDE | 2471993 — Gill Byrd1994 — Eric Bieniemy, Eric Moten1995 — Eric Moten1996 — Kevin Ross1997 — Junior Seau1998 — Charles Dimry1999 — Charles Dimry2000 — John Parrella2001 — John Parrella2002 — Junior Seau2003 — Doug Flutie, LaDainian Tomlinson2004 — Drew Brees2005 — Randall Godfrey2006 — Randall Godfrey2007 — Carlos Polk, Philip Rivers2008 — Quentin Jammer2009 — Stephen Cooper2010 — Stephen Cooper, Nick Hardwick2011 — Takeo SpikesCHARGERS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR(David Griggs Memorial Award)1996 — Rodney Harrison1997 — Rodney Harrison1998 — Junior Seau1999 — Junior Seau2000 — Rodney Harrison2001 — Rodney Harrison, Ryan McNeil2002 — Donnie Edwards2003 — Donnie Edwards2004 — Jamal Williams2005 — Jamal Williams2006 — Shawne Merriman2007 — Antonio Cromartie2008 — Jamal Williams2009 — Quentin Jammer, Shaun Phillips2010 — Shaun Phillips2011 — Eric WeddleCHARGERS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR(Rodney Culver Memorial Award)1996 — Tony Martin1997 — Gary Brown1998 — Natrone Means1999 — Jeff Graham2000 — Freddie Jones2001 — LaDainian Tomlinson2002 — LaDainian Tomlinson2003 — LaDainian Tomlinson2004 — Antonio Gates2005 — Antonio Gates, LaDainian Tomlinson2006 — Philip Rivers2007 — LaDainian Tomlinson2008 — Philip Rivers2009 — Antonio Gates, Vincent Jackson2010 — Mike Tolbert2011 — Ryan MathewsCHARGERS SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF YEAR1978 — Artie Owens, Pete Shaw1979 — Pete Shaw1980 — Hank Bauer1981 — Hank Bauer1982 — Ray Preston1983 — Derrie Nelson1984 — Vince Osby1985 — Derrie Nelson1986 — Ty Allert1987 — Daniel Hunter1988 — Randy Kirk1989 — Ken Woodard1990 — John Carney1991 — Darren Carrington1992 — Darren Carrington1993 — Lew Bush1994 — Andre Coleman1995 — Andre Coleman1996 — Mark Montreuil1997 — Eric Metcalf1998 — Steve Tovar1999 — Fred McCraryContinued next pageHISTORY