{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Use British English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name= Steve Weatherley | image = Steve Weatherley.jpg | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|11|26}} | birth_place = Dartford, England
| years1 = 1974-1976, 1979 | career1 = Eastbourne Eagles | years2 = 1974 | career2 = Wolverhampton Wolves | years3 = 1975 | career3 = Poole Pirates | years4 = 1975 | career4 = Cradley United | years5 = 1975 | career5 = Oxford Rebels | years6 = 1975 | career6 = Hull Vikings | years7 = 1976-1978 | career7 = White City Rebels | teamyear1 = 1975 | teamhonour1 = New National League KO Cup Winner | teamyear2 = 1977 | teamhonour2 = British League Champion }}
'''Stephen John Weatherley''' (born 26 November 1957 in Dartford)<ref name="ww76">{{cite book | last = Oakes | first = Peter |author2=Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE |authorlink2=Ivan Mauger | title = Who's Who of World Speedway | publisher = Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd | year = 1976 | isbn = 0-904584-04-6 }}</ref> is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England,<ref>Lawson, K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. {{ISBN|978-0-244-72538-9}}</ref> who was twice runner-up in the British Speedway Under 21 Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref>
==Career== He rode primarily for the Eastbourne Eagles<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003289/19760423/618/0027 |title=Steve joins the Rebels and hopes to wow fans |website=Southall Gazette |date=23 April 1976 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref> and the White City Rebels, who won the British League in 1977.<ref name=ww>Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. {{ISBN|0-948882-81-6}}</ref>
On 8 June 1979 he was paralysed whilst riding for Eastbourne at Hackney Wick Stadium, Waterden Road. He was involved in a terrible crash with Vic Harding. Harding was killed and Weatherley was left with a broken back. He has used a wheelchair since the crash.<ref>Fenn, C.(2003). ''Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight''. {{ISBN|0-7524-2737-7}}</ref>
==Family== His nephew, Lee Richardson (1979-2012) was an international speedway rider.<ref name="ww"/>
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