LOS ANGELES — Army Veteran Cal Garcia wasn’t always in a wheelchair. After serving in Iraq, he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, linked directly to his service.
After years of struggle, he decided to try adaptive wheelchair sports.
For the past two years, he’s played for the Los Angeles Rams Wheelchair Football team, competing in the USA Wheelchair Football League, managed in partnership with Angel City Sports and supported by the Los Angeles Rams and The Hartford insurance company.
Garcia is one of five Veterans on the Rams team, which recently won the 2026 USAWFL Phoenix Tournament.
Angel City Sports says 3.5 million people in Southern California lives with a disability, of which more than 290,000 are veterans. One of the biggest barriers to entry for adaptive sports is the cost of equipment, which can be sixteen-times more expensive then traditional gear.
At Tuesday’s event, the Hartford donated five custom-fit sport wheelchairs to help knock down that barrier for Veterans.
This Veterans Day, Garcia and his teammates are proof that the joy of competition starts by just showing up.
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Source: spectrumlocalnews.com
