The Los Angeles Rams, a professional American football team based in Los Angeles, joined the National Football League (NFL) as Cleveland Rams in 1937.
 The Rams began playing in 1936 as a charter member of the second American Football League.
 Although the NFL granted membership to the same owner, the NFL considers it a separate entity.
 In 1946, Rams' owner Dan Reeves, fed up with poor attendance at Cleveland Stadium, moved the Rams to Los Angeles, and the team played there from 1946 to 1979.
 Before his death in 1979, later Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom planned a move within the Los Angeles metropolitan area to Anaheim, using the venue now known as Angel Stadium, and his widow and successor Georgia Frontiere went through with the move in 1980, with the team still officially representing Los Angeles.
 The Rams moved to St. Louis in 1995 and renamed the team St. Louis Rams.
 In January 2016, the Rams and the NFL announced that the team would return to Los Angeles.
 The team now plays in its original L.A. venue, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, while awaiting the 2020 opening of its new stadium in suburban Inglewood.
The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL) based in the Los Angeles Area.
 The club began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and spent its first season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961.
 They returned to Los Angeles in 2017.
 The Chargers created their Hall of Fame in 1976.
 Eligible candidates for the Hall of Fame must have been retired for at least four seasons.
 Selections are made by a five-member committee chaired by Dean Spanos, Chargers vice-chairman.
 As of 1992, other committee members included Bob Breitbard, founder of the San Diego Hall of Champions; Ron Fowler, president of the Greater San Diego Sports Association; Jane Rappoport, president of the Charger Backers; and Bill Johnston, the team's director of public relations.
The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
 The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
 There have been 15 coaches in Los Angeles Chargers franchise history, including Sid Gillman, who coached the Los Angeles Chargers' first and only season in 1960 before the team's move to San Diego, California in 1961.
 Gillman is also the only Hall of Fame coach from the Chargers franchise.
The professional American football team now known as the Los Angeles Rams was established in Cleveland, and played there from 1936 to 1945.
 This article chronicles the team's history during their time as the Cleveland Rams.
 The Rams competed in the second American Football League (AFL) for the 1936 season and the National Football League (NFL) from 1937–1945, winning the NFL championship in 1945, before moving to Los Angeles in 1946 to become the only NFL champion ever to play the following season in another city.
 The move of the team to Los Angeles helped to jump-start the reintegration of pro football by African-American players and opened up the West Coast to professional sports.
 After being based in Los Angeles for 49 years, the Rams franchise moved again after the 1994 NFL season to St. Louis.
 In 2016, the team moved back to Los Angeles after 21 seasons in St. Louis.
The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football franchise based in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
 The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
 The club was founded in 1959 by Barron Hilton and played the 1960 season in Los Angeles as part of the American Football League (AFL).
 In the next season, the Chargers moved to San Diego.
 In 2017, the Chargers relocated back to the Los Angeles area.
The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
 The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
 The team was founded on August 14, 1959 and began play on September 10, 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and spent its first season in Los Angeles, before moving to San Diego in 1961 to become the San Diego Chargers.
 The Chargers joined the NFL as result of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, and played their home games at Qualcomm Stadium.
 The return of the Chargers to Los Angeles was announced for the 2017 season, just one year after the Rams had moved back to the city from St. Louis.
 The Chargers will play their home games at the StubHub Center until the opening in 2020 of the Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, which they will share with the Rams.
The Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to several professional and collegiate sports teams.
 The Greater Los Angeles Area has nine major league professional teams: the Anaheim Ducks, the Los Angeles Angels, the Los Angeles Chargers, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Dodgers, LA Galaxy, the Los Angeles Kings, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Los Angeles Rams.
 Los Angeles FC will begin play as the area's tenth major team in 2018.
 USC Trojans football, UCLA Bruins men's basketball, USC Trojans baseball, USC Trojans track & field, and Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball are all historically premier organizations in college sports.
 Other major sports teams include UCLA Bruins Football, Los Angeles Sparks, Pepperdine Waves baseball, and formerly the Los Angeles Raiders and Los Angeles Aztecs.
 Between them, these Los Angeles area sports teams have won a combined 105 Championship Titles.
 Los Angeles area colleges have produced upwards of 200 National Championship Teams, primarily from USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference.
 The 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles.
 In 2028 the city will host the Olympics for a third time.
The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL) based in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
 The club began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and spent its first season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961.
 They returned to Los Angeles in 2017.
 NFL teams assign each of their players a jersey number ranging from 1 through 99.
 The Chargers no longer issue four retired numbers.
 As of 2010, the team's policy was to have the Chargers Hall of Fame committee evaluate candidates for a player's number to retire after the player has retired from the league after five years.
 The committee consisted of Chargers Executive Vice President A. G. Spanos, Chargers public relations director Bill Johnston, San Diego Hall of Champions founder Bob Breitbard, and the presidents of the San Diego Sports Commission and the Chargers Backers Fan Club.
 There are few recognized guidelines in sports regarding retiring numbers, and the NFL has no specific league policy.
 "You have to have enough numbers for players to wear," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello.
 The Chargers have rarely retired numbers.
 The "San Diego Union-Tribune" wrote, "The [Chargers] tend to honor their heritage haphazardly."
The 1994 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 57th year with the National Football League and the 49th and last season in the Greater Los Angeles Area until their 2016 relocation back to Los Angeles.
 After nearly 50 years in the Greater Los Angeles Area, owner Georgia Frontiere announced that the team would relocate to St. Louis, Missouri on January 15, 1995.
 While the owners initially rejected the move, permission was eventually granted therefore bringing an end to Southern California's first major professional sports franchise.
Paul Edward Lowe (born September 27, 1936) is a retired American football halfback who played for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) from 1960 to 1969.

Question: Paul Edward Lowe (born September 27, 1936) is a retired American football halfback who played for which professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles Area?
Answer: Los Angeles Chargers