Autographs of Tony Hawksworth
Anthony Hawksworth (born 15 January 1938) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Manchester United. He was born in Sheffield and grew up in the village of Dungworth in the Stannington area of the city. The formative years of his football career were spent in the Manchester United youth teams, playing in the same sides as players like Duncan Edwards and Bobby Charlton. With Manchester United's youth team, he became one of five players to win three consecutive FA Youth Cup winner's medals, in 1954, 1955 and 1956. He also played international football for England at schoolboy and youth level. More about Tony Hawksworth
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After playing just three matches for the club's reserve team, Hawksworth was called up to the Manchester United first team for a First Division match away to Blackpool on 27 October 1956, after regular goalkeeper Ray Wood had pulled out due to injury. United drew the match 2–2, but it was to be Hawksworth's only appearance for the Manchester United first team. He was doing his National Service at Catterick in North Yorkshire at the time, and only able to go on leave to play for United on weekends, so after Wood recovered from his injury, Hawksworth had no complaints about dropping back down to the reserve team.
However, a couple of weeks after the Blackpool game, Hawksworth was approached by an army captain who wanted him to play for the regimental team the following weekend. Hawksworth was intent on playing for Manchester United, but the captain – who was also the posting officer for the regiment – threatened him with redeployment to Benghazi by the following Monday. It is unknown whether the captain's threat was serious or not, but Hawksworth was in no position to argue; nevertheless, he took the matter to United manager Matt Busby, but Busby recommended that Hawksworth play for the regiment. By 1958, Hawksworth had been posted to the Royal Tank Regiment in Germany. That February, a plane carrying the Manchester United team home from a European Cup match in Belgrade made a stopover in snowy conditions in Munich. In an incident that later became known as the Munich air disaster, the plane crashed on a failed take-off attempt, and eight players were killed. As he was already in Germany, Hawksworth requested leave, and two weeks after the incident, he was able to visit his friends and former teammates; he arrived at Munich on the night that Duncan Edwards died. Read even more about Tony Hawksworth at Wikipedia
However, a couple of weeks after the Blackpool game, Hawksworth was approached by an army captain who wanted him to play for the regimental team the following weekend. Hawksworth was intent on playing for Manchester United, but the captain – who was also the posting officer for the regiment – threatened him with redeployment to Benghazi by the following Monday. It is unknown whether the captain's threat was serious or not, but Hawksworth was in no position to argue; nevertheless, he took the matter to United manager Matt Busby, but Busby recommended that Hawksworth play for the regiment. By 1958, Hawksworth had been posted to the Royal Tank Regiment in Germany. That February, a plane carrying the Manchester United team home from a European Cup match in Belgrade made a stopover in snowy conditions in Munich. In an incident that later became known as the Munich air disaster, the plane crashed on a failed take-off attempt, and eight players were killed. As he was already in Germany, Hawksworth requested leave, and two weeks after the incident, he was able to visit his friends and former teammates; he arrived at Munich on the night that Duncan Edwards died. Read even more about Tony Hawksworth at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Tony Hawksworth
In total, we tracked 34 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Tony Hawksworth (MANCHESTER UNITED - TONY HAWKSWORTH 1950'S NO. 18 SIGNED CARD SC SERIES) was sold in September 2017 for £20.00 while the cheapest item (Tony Hawksworth Manchester United (1950s player) Signed JF Sporting card) found a new owner for £0.99 in April 2021. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2021 with an average selling price of £3.00 for an autographed item of Tony Hawksworth. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2017 with £20.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was April 2020. In average, an autographed item from Tony Hawksworth is worth £2.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Tony Hawksworth were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | MANCHESTER UNITED FC TONY HAWKSWORTH SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH Law Best Charlton Busby | £9.77 | |
| Signed 1950s Manchester United FC Tony Hawksworth White Card Autograph England | £0.99 | |
| Signed Busby Babes White Card Tony Hawksworth Manchester United FC Autograph | £3.20 | |
| Signed JF Collectibles Card Tony Hawksworth Manchester United FC COA Autograph | £4.45 | |
| Signed Tony Hawksworth Busby Babes Manchester United Football White Card | £9.99 | |
| Signed Tony Hawksworth Busby Babes Manchester United White Card Autograph | £2.77 | |
| Signed Tony Hawksworth Manchester United England Busby Babes Munich 1950s 60s | £3.39 | |
| TONY HAWKSWORTH - MANCHESTER UNITED 1955-58 - SIGNED | £2.49 | |
| TONY HAWKSWORTH ( Manchester United ) Signed White Card. | £1.20 | |
| Tony Hawksworth (Manchester United) signed card | £3.34 | |
| TONY HAWKSWORTH HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 6X4 PLAYER PHOTO MANCHESTER UNITED | £4.99 | |
| TONY HAWKSWORTH MAN UTD SIGNED CARD | £5.02 | |
| TONY HAWKSWORTH MAN UTD SIGNED CARD | £1.04 | |
| Tony Hawksworth Manchester United (1950s player) Signed JF Sporting card | £0.99 | |
| Tony Hawksworth Signed Manchester United Profile Picture with COA (18639) | £0.99 | |