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. More about Derek Ufton
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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.The most expensive item with a signature of Derek Ufton (DEREK UFTON & CYRIL HAMMOND CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1952 RARE AUTOGRAPHED PRESS PHOTO) was sold in March 2021 for £18.38 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 March 2018 with £18.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was October 2014. In average, an autographed item from Derek Ufton is worth £5.00.
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DEREK UFTON ( Charlton Athletic ) signed crested card. | £1.50 | ||
DEREK UFTON ( CHARLTON ATHLETIC ) SIGNED NEWSPAPER CUTTING | £5.95 | ||
Derek Ufton Charlton Athletic & England signed colour book illustration | £4.99 | ||
Derek Ufton Charlton Athletic & England, Kent County Cricket signed book picture | £5.99 | ||
Derek Ufton Charlton Athletic & England, Plymouth Argyle manager signed postcard | £6.99 | ||
Derek Ufton signed 1958 A&BC Topstars w Planet card #19 Charlton Athletic | £9.00 | ||
JIMMY TROTTER CHARLTON ATHLETIC MGR DEREK UFTON RARE ORIGINAL SIGNED MAG CUTTING | £16.50 | ||
Multi Signed FDC Football Legends First Day Cover Tom Finney Derek Ufton ++ | £10.00 | ||
Signed 1950s A&BC With Planet Derek Ufton Charlton Athletic Football Autograph | £14.99 | ||
Signed Derek Ufton England Football Autograph 1950s Full Poster A4 | £8.99 |
Derek Ufton, England's oldest international who made 277 appearances for Charlto (03/27/21): 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 (12/21/20): 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.