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At the Annual Salute of Champions dinner in the Mission Valley recently, Philip Rivers was honored.

Just before the award when Rivers went inside the ballroom to accept it, Rivers told to the media that he spoke with the future Hall of Famer.

He said, “He seemed real upbeat… He’s a true pro and a classy guy. You never hope this day comes. Unfortunately it’s had to come here for him.”

Rivers was drafted in 2004 and in his six years of career with Tomlinson he has played on five playoff teams. When Tomlinson won 2 rushing titles in 2006 and 2007, Rivers started in the same backfield and he in 2006 broke the NFL single-season touchdown record.

Rivers added, “I’ve got a lot of great memories… That’s what I wanted to tell him today. I had the best view in the house — some of the awesomest runs he made. It was also the friendship and the practices and the bus rides that you really remember.”

Tomlinson was franchise’s face for much of his nine-year career. On the last couple of seasons Rivers has taken on.