Talk about serendipity. I was recently contacted by the pest control worker of an older gentleman in San Diego. He told that this man was an original member of the Chargers Backers, the Chargers first fan club, and that he was moving and getting rid of a lot of old photos and such. The pest control worker, not wanting the photos to be lost, googled “Chargers Historian,” and came up with my name and Tales from the American Football League. From there it was the matter of a few emails and phone calls before I met these gentlemen and was given several photo albums from the 1960s.
Edith & Ernie Wright, Sophia & Paul Lowe, and friend.
I will be slowly scanning these prints and putting together a new photo gallery dedicated strictly to this collection. I’m pretty excited, and I hope you all are as well!!
Hi Todd,
Great find. Looking forward to seeing them. Thanks for all your good work, Jim …
What a blessing, Todd! Thank you for your dedication to AFL history!
As always, great stuff. You’ve had a lot of neat articles/photos recently. Any chance you have a copy of the photo of John Hadl handing off to Keith Lincoln (I always assumed it was from the 1963 championship game against Boston) featured in the book “Touchdown: A Picture History of the AFL”) and on the Remember The AFL website?
Awesome, Todd! I dig the stuff you dig up!