Not many people say the name Johnny Unitas and think of the Chargers. Unitas, QB during what some call the "greatest game ever played" ended his football career as a San Diego Charger. Unitas ...

Johnny Unitas' NFL career had an inauspicious beginning. ... Brees, a second-round draft pick, spent five years with the San Diego Chargers, but battled every year for his starting position.

Earlier that year, the San Diego Chargers drafted Fouts out of Oregon in the third round, 64th overall. He joined a roster that included a 40-year-old Johnny Unitas, who, at that juncture, was ...

September 30, 1973, Johnny Unitas backpedals and fires a strike to Mike Garrett. When Garrett scores, Unitas goes over 40,000 yards. He becomes the first quarterback in NFL history to do so.

With the wail of bagpipes filling the cathedral and his coffin covered in white lilies and roses, Johnny Unitas was remembered as “the greatest,” a quarterback who made the impossible possible ...

Dan Daly of the Washington Times, commenting on the late Johnny Unitas: "Growing up in Beaver Falls, ... somewhat ruefully, on the San Diego Chargers’ 24-3 victory over the Texans: ...

Saints QB Drew Brees could make history against the Chargers Sunday night. (US Presswire) Saints QB Drew Brees realizes how special it would be to break a 52-year-old record against San Diego on ...

New Orleans QB Drew Brees broke Johnny Unitas' 52-year-old record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass with a 40-yard TD pass to Devery Henderson with 2:58 left in the first quarter of the ...

Position: QB, Baltimore Colts, (1956-72); San Diego Chargers, (1973)Education: St. Justin’s High School (Pittsburgh); graduated University of Louisville, 1955.Drafted: Ninth round (102nd overall ...