Autographs of Derek Ufton
Derek Gilbert Ufton (31 May 1928 – 27 March 2021) was an English professional cricketer and footballer, and later a football manager. Playing professionally for Kent County Cricket Club as a wicket-keeper and Charlton Athletic Football Club, Ufton won a single international cap for the England national football team in 1953. He went on to manage Plymouth Argyle. At the time of his death, in March 2021 at the age of 92, he was England's oldest living international footballer.
Ufton was born at Crayford in Kent in 1928. After winning a scholarship, he was educated at Dartford Grammar School where his PE teacher was Joe Jagger, the father of future rock star Mick Jagger. Growing up during World War II, Ufton worked in a shipping office in London during the later part of the war. His mother was killed in an air raid in 1944.
He completed his national service in the Royal Army Service Corps in Aldershot after the end of the war, playing cricket for the RASC and football for Army sides alongside Jimmy Hill. He shared a flat with Hill in London after being demobilised and went on to meet Malcolm Allison, who he remained friends with. This meeting led to him signing as a professional for Charlton Athletic Football Club in 1949, having been also offered a trial at Cardiff City.
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Traded items with a signature of Derek Ufton
The most expensive item with a signature of Derek Ufton (PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 1966 Team Squad signed Newspaper Photo DEREK UFTON) was sold in December 2024 for £25.00 while the cheapest item (DEREK UFTON SIGNED CARD CHARLTON ENGLAND & KENT AT CRICKET) found a new owner for £0.49 in February 2014. The month with the most items sold (3) was February 2014 with an average selling price of £0.99 for an autographed item of Derek Ufton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2024 with £25.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was February 2013. In average, an autographed item from Derek Ufton is worth £6.45.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Derek Ufton were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | CHARLTON ATHLETIC - CARICATURE OF DEREK UFTON, AUTOGRAPHED | £6.45 |  |
| CHARLTON ATHLETIC - CARICATURE, DEREK UFTON, AUTOGRAPHED | £6.80 | |
 | CHARLTON V BURNLEY FOOTBALL PROGRAMME 1953 - 1954 DIVISION 1 SIGNED DEREK UFTON | £4.20 | |
| DEREK UFTON CHARLTON ATHLETIC HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH | £5.00 | |
| Derek Ufton - CHARLTON ATHLETIC - Signed 12 x 8 Photograph | £5.50 | |
| Derek Ufton - Charlton Athletic and Kent Cricketer - Hand signed picture | £8.26 | |
 | DEREK UFTON - CHARLTON ATHLETIC FC & ENGLAND 1953 FOOTBALL SIGNED 6X4 CARD | £11.72 | |
| DEREK UFTON CHARLTON ATHLETIC LEGEND HAND-SIGNED PHOTOCARD | £11.07 | |
 | DEREK UFTON SIGNED 1949-60 CHARLTON ATHLETIC & KENT CRICKETER 11 X 4 PICTURE | £5.62 | |
 | DEREK UFTON signed 1958 A&BC Topstars card #19 CHARLTON ENGLAND †2021 | £5.44 | |
| DEREK UFTON SIGNED CHARLTON ATHLETIC 11 X 4 PICTURE | £10.24 | |
| DEREK UFTON SIGNED CHARLTON ATHLETIC FC 1949-1960 A&BC CARD | £13.74 | |
| HAND WRITTEN/SIGNED LETTER from DEREK UFTON the 1949-60 CHARLTON FOOTBALLER | £7.16 | |
| Hand-written and SIGNED letter from DEREK UFTON the CHARLTON ATHLETIC footballer | £6.99 | |
| PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 1966 Team Squad signed Newspaper Photo DEREK UFTON | £25.00 | |
Latest News about Derek Ufton
Derek Ufton, England's oldest international who made 277 appearances for Charlto (27/03/2021): Ufton was a one-club man in both sports, making 277 appearances for The Addicks and 149 first-class appearances for Kent over an 11-year period starting from the 1949-50 season. 
England's one-cap wonder! Derek Ufton is the oldest surviving star for the Three (21/12/2020): EXCLUSIVE BY MATT BARLOW: With faultless recall and wonderful eloquence, 92-year-old Ufton skips through the decades when he played football for Charlton and kept wicket for Kent.
