Education
Weatherall grew up in Graham, Oklahoma, and attended White Deer High School in White Deer, Texas.
Weatherall grew up in Graham, Oklahoma, and attended White Deer High School in White Deer, Texas.
He also played in the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) for the Edmonton Eskimos. Weatherall played college football at the University of Oklahoma and was drafted in the second round of the 1952 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
He lettered four years at Oklahoma and was the 1951 co-captain.
Weatherall was also a placekicker and kicked 37 extra points in 1950 (fifth in the nation) and 39 in 1951 (second in the nation). During his college career, Oklahoma had a 39–4 record with a 31-game winning streak and a national championship in 1950.
While at Oklahoma, Weatherall also wrestled. Weatherall was in the from 1952 to 1954.
Weatherall had a nine-year career in which he played in the Western Interprovincial Football Union for the Edmonton Eskimos, and in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, and the Detroit Lions.
After his professional career, Weatherall owned an oil-well servicing company in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He was a member of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps and graduated with a degree in business administration.