Rehman said: "I'm very honoured to have won this award, I feel very humbled. But had I not won, I would have continued to work in the community because I believe in it strongly.
"Hopefully other clubs can start to look at Bradford and use them as a template and mirror what we do in their club.
"For me, football is the way of integrating the mainstream of society and if I want to try and help the next generation whether they're Asian, English or African to get involved in football - football is the perfect vehicle to make a difference, it's followed by everyone and is an ideal way to get kids to do something with themselves."
Football League awards judge and former Bradford winger Peter Beagrie said: "Zesh is a great communicator, leader and role model. He's a national ambassador, comfortable being charged with the job of uniting a multi-racial community."
Source: Team Talk
Source: Team Talk