Alabama Newscenter — Wheelchair Football League Team Comes to Lakeshore Foundation

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

Birmingham’s Lakeshore Foundation announced Tuesday that it has been selected as an expansion team in the new USA Wheelchair Football League (USAWFL).

The Birmingham Hammers will play wheelchair football, a full-contact sport played by both men and women with a permanent disability.

While wheelchair football has been played for more than 20 years across the country, a new, organized form of the game began under the direction of the USAWFL in 2020. The league was established through a Salute to Service Grant from the National Football League (NFL) and the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

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