The Unparalleled History of the L.A. Memorial Coliseum 

My grandpa just told me recently that he was there at the LA Coliseum to see FDR in 1935! He was 10 years old and he's 97 now!

What a historic stadium and now the 2028 Summer Olympics to add to its legacy.

The Chargers name and logo was created and originated in Los Angeles with a USC L.A.Memorial Coliseum historical connection and Tommy Walker aka”Tommy Trojan”and then owner Barron Hilton. The Chargers name originated from the USC football games and Tommy Walker aka (Tommy Trojan) famous historical Charge chant he created “Da Dah Dah Da“ Charge! “Da Dah Dah Da Trojans Warriors Charge! Tommy Walker then musician /team kicker helped inspire then owner Barron Hilton “R.I.P.” to name the Chargers football team from the famous Charge chant he created as a USC musician band member /team kicker. When Barron Hilton attended the USC football games the previous years as a football fan at the L.A.Coliseum he would hear the Tommy Walker Charge chant. When Tommy Walker would run out to the football field to attempt the extra point kicks as the team kicker the USC team music band would play Tommy’s Charge chant he created as the team musician and the football fans that attended the games would yell out his Charge chant “Da Dah Dah Dah Da” Charge! “Da Dah Dah Da “Trojan Warriors Charge! to motivate him to score the extra point kicks. So that’s where Barron Hilton got inspired and got the idea to name the Los Angeles Chargers football team. The proof is in the Chargers 1960 original shield logo with the horse charging into battle. The Charger is a horse charging into battle. very similar to the USC Trojan Warrior with shield and sword and horse mascot charging on to the field to battle. Hence the horse in the Chargers 1960 original shield logo. The lightning bolt idea came from Barron Hilton liking the Air Force College football team lightning bolt logo as a College football fan. Till this day that famous Charge chant is heard at the game’s and through out many other sporting game events. The Los Angeles Chargers r the true original L.A. born team now back playing in the original birthplace and not too many team’s can claim that fact. Rams were born in Cleveland 1936 and Raiders were born in Oakland 1960 And that’s a fact these other teams can’t ever claim. And also the Chargers r the true Southern California NFL team because they have never left Southern California unlike the Cleveland/ST.Louis Rams and the Oakland/Las Vegas Nevada Raiders. Let’s Go Los Angeles Chargers The true original L.A. born team now back playing in the original birthplace L.A. Da Da Dah Dah Da Charge!!! ⚡️🐴 🏈 Born in L.A. in 1960 and played their first season ever in Chargers history at the L.A.memorial Coliseum finishing the season with a 10-4 record. Da Da Dah Dah Da Charge!!! …⚡️🐴 🏈

That's a legendary place. Historical. I'd love to see that place host another Super Bowl. Boxing ad well.

Soon And I mean Very Soon NASCAR will leave their mark on the LA Memorial Coliseum

....and here we have the Los Angeles Chargers once again!

I saw footage once of a parade around the stadium floor with tanks and troops to celebrate the end of WWII, but haven't been able to find it since.

So fortunate to have watched an NFL preseason game there. I love the history and the architecture it boasts.

Garcetti blew the OJ trial when he was DA.

Hockey is next

hosted 1982 Speedway world final won by Bruce Penhall.

Awesome stadium. On the nfl side, home to the raiders and rams at various times over the years including the present day. Although the Rams will move into their own new stadium. Despite people’s complaints about the luxury boxes, the coliseum does look terrific after the renovation! All arenas get renovated, see Fenway wrigley or Lambeau. Those that don’t, such as Yankee stadium, get turned to dust…

Brock lesnar made his MMA debut at the coliseum too. K1's Dynamite!!! USA in 2007 iirc.

The only NFL perfect season by the Miami Dolphins was solidified in that great old stadium.

beautiful !

What about WATTSTAX?

All of that is nice. But what the hell. It lost 16,000 seats😱. It holds so little compared to what it once did. And worst of all, now UCLA has the biggest stadium in Calif.

Fantastic and unique looking stadium in the US.

Even with the upgraded seats, The seating is still shit.

You forgot something! Namely the most important event. (August 18-26, 1923).

Don’t forget the very first Super Bowl was held there!!!!

So good they could remove seats and history to add luxury boxes for very wealthy...You tear down paradise and put up a parking lot

In 1960 the Los Angeles Chargers win 52-28 vs The Oakland Raiders at the L.A.Coliseum. Then again in 1960 the L.A.Chargers beat the Oakland Raiders at Candlestick stadium in San Francisco. Los Angeles Chargers 41 Oakland Raiders 17 Da Da Dah Dah Da Charge!!! ⚡️🐴 🏈

It's a shame the Rams left there. The sun was always shining in this historical venue.

Can't wait to see Nascar here

Al Davis copied the Los Angeles Chargers 1960 original shield logo. Al Davis was part of the Los Angeles Chargers coaching staff 1960 birth season through 1962. Al Davis then left the Chargers coaching staff in 1962 to become the manager of the Oakland Raiders in 1963. Al Davis obviously copied the the 1960 L.A.Chargers original shield logo and added it to the Oakland Raiders pirate logo in 1963 because coincidentally the original 1960-1962 Oakland born Raiders pirate team logo didn’t have the shield logo in their original birth year of 1960-1962 until Al Davis joined the Oakland Raiders in 1963 then added the shield logo to the pirate logo. Raiders copy cat shield logo but the true Original L.A.born Shield logo is the Original Los Angeles Chargers battle horse shield logo. Da Da Da Da Charge!!! ⚡️🐴 🏈 Let’s Go Los Angeles Chargers! The true original 1960 L.A. born team now back playing in the original birth city L.A. Da Da Da Da Charge!!!!!!⚡️🐴 🏈

Bad renovations

WWE should do a WrestleMania there

And east coasters say that California has no culture or history.