The San Francisco 49ers of the NFL and the Oakland Raiders of the AFL both drafted Lance Alworth, but it was the AFL where Alworth would join after his AFL rights were traded to the San Diego Chargers before his 1962 rookie season. The Chargers gave up three players for Alworth, and it still turned out to be a robbery in favor of the Bolts.
The greatest Running Back in the history of Texas Christian University would also become the greatest Running Back in Los Angeles Chargers history.
Junior Seau was a sensation in Southern California, but that happened before playing a down of pro football. Seau was from Riverside, California, and he played his college ball at USC, so when he was drafted Fifth Overall by the San Diego Chargers, he was already beloved and right at home.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Anaheim Ducks.
Named after the Mighty Ducks, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim first took flight in 1993 as an Expansion Team in the same year as the Florida Panthers. The Ducks landed their first major star in Paul Kariya in 1996, and they would trade for another in Teemu Selanne.
In 2003, they would surprisingly win the Western Conference, but they lost to the New Jersey Devils. The team was sold by their original company, Disney, and in 2006 they were renamed the Anaheim Ducks. The newly named team went on to win their first Stanley Cup by defeating the Ottawa Senators in 2007. They have yet to reach the Finals since.
As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NHL.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.
This list is updated up until the end of the 2019-20 Season.
The complete list can be found here, but as always, we announce our top five in this article. They are:
2. Ryan Getzlaf
3. Paul Kariya
4. Corey Perry
We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.
Look for our more material coming soon!
Up next, will be the top 50 New York Giants.
As always we thank you for your support.