David Wetherall was born on 14 March 1971 and is an English football coach and former professional defender, who is an academy strategic advisor at Huddersfield Town.
24 Facts About David Wetherall
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David Wetherall started his playing career with Sheffield Wednesday but failed to make an appearance, then left for Leeds and made more than 200 appearances.
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David Wetherall had two spells as caretaker manager of Bradford City and was an integral part of the club's coaching staff following his retirement as a player.
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David Wetherall left Bradford in June 2011 after 12 years with the club to take up a position with the Football League and was inducted into Show Racism The Red Card's hall of fame for his involvement in their anti-racism campaign.
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David Wetherall was born in Sheffield, he supported Sheffield Wednesday as a child, He was capped by England at schoolboy level, and in 1989, when he left school, he signed for Wednesday under the management of Howard Wilkinson.
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David Wetherall had attended Rotherham sixth form college where he achieved four A-levels at grade A, and chose to study for his BSc in chemistry at the University of Sheffield, so that he could live at home with his parents and combine his education with playing for Sheffield Wednesday's reserve team.
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David Wetherall graduated with a first-class honours degree in 1992, becoming the first Premier League player to achieve such a qualification.
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Leeds finished in fifth place in the league, and David Wetherall was chosen manager Wilkinson's player of the season.
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When David O'Leary replaced Graham as manager it became clear that his centre-back pairing of choice would be Lucas Radebe and the 18-year-old Jonathan Woodgate, so Wetherall decided to leave Leeds for a club where he could play regular first-team football.
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David Wetherall was aged just 28, but manager Paul Jewell had made a number of signings aged over 30, prompting journalists to call his team "Dad's Army".
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David Wetherall missed only two cup game for Bradford City during his first season, and was the only player in the Premier League to have played every minute of the league season.
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David Wetherall did not play in the team's first game away at FK Atlantas, and after playing in the second leg and the two third-round games, he missed the semi-final with Zenit St Petersburg because of an ankle injury.
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David Wetherall played in the club's final seven games and was named club captain for the following season after Stuart McCall left the club.
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David Wetherall was one of 19 senior first-team players to be laid off by chairman Richmond in May 2002, after the club were put into administration and the players unpaid since April.
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David Wetherall again returned in February 2003 against Coventry City and played 15 games during the final three months of the season.
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When he took over as Bradford caretaker manager, David Wetherall stepped down as captain and instead handed the armband to centre-back partner Mark Bower.
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David Wetherall was one of four senior players to act as Bradford City manager for two weeks during November 2003, following the sacking of Nicky Law.
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David Wetherall took his first full steps into management on a caretaker basis when he was appointed player-manager at Bradford City following the sacking of Colin Todd on 12 February 2007.
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David Wetherall returned to concentrate on his playing career after Stuart McCall was named full-time manager during the summer of 2007.
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David Wetherall holds the UEFA B coaching licence and returned to the Bradford City coaching set up during the summer of 2008.
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David Wetherall managed the club's reserves upon his return, and in the summer of 2009, he combined it with the role of youth side management, after Chris Casper left the club.
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David Wetherall stayed with Bradford until the end of the season but then left the club to take up a position as head of youth development with the Football League.
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David Wetherall was inducted into Show Racism The Red Card's hall of fame in December 2007 for his work with their anti-racism campaign.
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David Wetherall had become involved with the campaign with former colleague Gunnar Halle while they played at Leeds United.