Tales from the Chargers Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Chargers Stories Ever Told

During his twenty-seven-year tenure with the Chargers, beloved equipment manager Sid Brooks kept more than 5,000 football players from appearing naked before their cheering fans. The first African American to hold the job of equipment manager in the NFL, Brooks was tasked with seeing that each player left the locker room in uniform. But the means to that end was far more complicated—and outrageous—than one would believe.

In Tales from the Chargers Sideline, Sid recounts stories unique to a l...