Birmingham Hammers 2026 Season
The Birmingham Hammers, based out of Lakeshore Foundation, is one of 15 teams in the USA Wheelchair Football League. This co-ed league plays a fast-paced game with contact and touch tackles on a 76-yard, hard surface field. Learn more about the league at www.usawfl.org.
2026 Season Details
Athlete Assessments:
Lakeshore Foundation: Saturday, June 6 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
Practices:
Waldrop Stadium Parking Lot: every Saturday (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.). In the event of inclement weather, practices will take place at Lakeshore Foundation.
Tournaments:
Chicago, IL: August 22-23, 2026
Dallas, TX: November 1-2, 2026
The Hammers will have a maximum of 22 players. The travel roster will have no more than 14 players. All players must be age 18 or older. For more information about the team, please contact head coach Jerry Allred at .
To be eligible to play in the USA Wheelchair Football League, a player shall have a permanent physical disability which consistently reduces the function of the lower limbs to a degree where they cannot run, pivot, block or tackle at the speed and with the control, safety, stability and endurance required to play running football as player without a disability.
About USAWFL
In 2020, thanks to generous support from the NFL-Bob Woodruff Foundation Salute to Service Partnership, Move United established the first ever USA Wheelchair Football League. Birmingham was one of nine cities added to the league as an expansion team for the 2021 season including Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Phoenix and Tampa.
This program is made possible in part by an NFL-BWF Salute to Service Grant.
