credit card business? There are rumors the Chargers were originally sponsored or funded by something like Diner's Club - hence the "Chargers" refers to charging tickets etc, not electricity.

Doubtful, the Chargers' first owner was a member of Hilton hotel family.

Gerald Courtney of Hollywood C.A. won an expenses-paid trip to Mexico City and Acapulco for submitting "Chargers" in name-the-team contest

First time i heard.

But

USC is the NFL team in L.A

They were named after the Republican approach to fiscal responsibility.