Autographs of Ronnie Rooke
Ronald Leslie Rooke (7 December 1911 – 9 June 1985) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. During his three decades' playing career, he scored at least 931 goals in 1029 official matches, among which more than 765 league goals at all levels. According to the RSSSF, he is the best league goalscorer of all time, and the third overall behind Erwin Helmchen and Josef Bican. More about Ronnie Rooke
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Rooke was born in Guildford, Surrey, and began his playing career with local club Guildford City. He then had a spell with Woking in 1932–33 during which he scored 29 goals from 16 appearances in all competitions. In 1933, he joined Crystal Palace, who were at the time in the Third Division South. He played mainly for the Palace reserve side, only playing eighteen league matches and scoring six goals between 1933 and 1936. He then moved to Second Division club Fulham for a £300 fee in November 1936. He was the club's leading scorer for three consecutive seasons and contributed all six goals in a 6–0 FA Cup demolition of Bury, which is still (as of 2013) a club record.
He had scored 57 goals in 87 league matches for Fulham before the outbreak of the second world war. However, Rooke's career did not stop, serving as a physical training instructor in the RAF, enabled him to continue playing, where he made 199 appearances in the wartime games for Fulham, scoring 212 goals. He also won a Wartime International cap for England in 1942, against Wales. In 1945, Rooke had guested for Arsenal in a match against the touring Dynamo Moscow team. The resumption of league football in 1946 saw Rooke score a further 13 goals in 18 appearances for Fulham, before a surprising transfer to the first division strugglers Arsenal in December that year. Rooke left Fulham after scoring 70 goals in 105 league appearances for the club. Despite being 35 years old and never having played in the top flight, the Gunners paid £1,000 with two players, Cyril Grant and Dave Nelson moving to Craven Cottage. Read even more about Ronnie Rooke at Wikipedia
He had scored 57 goals in 87 league matches for Fulham before the outbreak of the second world war. However, Rooke's career did not stop, serving as a physical training instructor in the RAF, enabled him to continue playing, where he made 199 appearances in the wartime games for Fulham, scoring 212 goals. He also won a Wartime International cap for England in 1942, against Wales. In 1945, Rooke had guested for Arsenal in a match against the touring Dynamo Moscow team. The resumption of league football in 1946 saw Rooke score a further 13 goals in 18 appearances for Fulham, before a surprising transfer to the first division strugglers Arsenal in December that year. Rooke left Fulham after scoring 70 goals in 105 league appearances for the club. Despite being 35 years old and never having played in the top flight, the Gunners paid £1,000 with two players, Cyril Grant and Dave Nelson moving to Craven Cottage. Read even more about Ronnie Rooke at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Ronnie Rooke
The most expensive item with a signature of Ronnie Rooke (ARSENAL FC FULHAM FC CRYSTAL PALACE FC LEGEND RONNIE ROOKE HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH) was sold in August 2020 for £49.99 while the cheapest item (Ronnie Rooke - Arsenal. 1950's Autographed Magazine Picture) found a new owner for £1.99 in October 2020. The month with the most items sold (3) was August 2020 with an average selling price of £6.75 for an autographed item of Ronnie Rooke. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2017 with £29.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.99 was October 2020. In average, an autographed item from Ronnie Rooke is worth £6.75.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ronnie Rooke were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ARSENAL FC 1947-48 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS BROCHURE HAND SIGNED BY RONNIE ROOKE | £39.99 | |
| ARSENAL FC FULHAM FC CRYSTAL PALACE FC LEGEND RONNIE ROOKE HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH | £49.99 | |
| Autograph Ronnie Rooke Fulham Arsenal Crystal Palace. | £4.20 | |
| Genuine Ronnie Rooke Arsenal Football Autograph Signature 1947 Fulham Palace FC | £9.99 | |
| Original Autograph Ronnie Rooke Arsenal FC 1948 - 1949 | £2.19 | |
| Ronnie Rooke - Arsenal. 1950's Autographed Magazine Picture | £1.99 | |
| RONNIE ROOKE 1930's > ARSENAL, C.PALACE etc HAND-SIGNED ALBUM PAGE/PHOTO | £2.20 | |
| RONNIE ROOKE 1930's >ARSENAL, FULHAM, C.PALACE etc HAND-SIGNED ALBUM PAGE/PHOTO | £2.49 | |
| RONNIE ROOKE 1930's> C.PALACE, ARSENAL, FULHAM etc HAND-SIGNED ALBUM PAGE | £3.49 | |
| RONNIE ROOKE ARSENAL 1940’S SIGNED PICTURE | £6.75 | |
| Ronnie Rooke Arsenal Original Ink Caricature signed in ink by Ronnie Rooke | £6.50 | |
| Ronnie Rooke Fulham & England Autographed Picture (2) | £12.50 | |
| Signed 1930s 1940s Arsenal FC Autograph Book Page Ronnie Rooke Leslie Compton ++ | £5.04 | |
| Signed 1940s Ronnie Rooke Arsenal FC Fulham Football Autograph Book Page | £7.99 | |
| Signed Ronnie Rooke 1911-1985 Arsenal Fulham Crystal Palace England War 1930s + | £3.20 | |