[1] Coming from a low-income family, García entered bullfighting as a means of earning a living.
[2] He made his debut on horses in El Puerto de Santa María on 24 June 1956.
[3] After sustaining an injury, García entered the Convento dominico de Caleruega [es] as a monk on 30 August 1964.
However, he reappeared in March 1966 in Lisbon and in Marbella on 3 April of that year with Paco Camino and El Cordobés.
After a very serious injury in 1970, he permanently retired and married his fiancée, Lolita Casado.