Autographs of Eric Chitty
Eric Stephenson Chitty (28 April 1909 – 23 December 1989) was a Canadian speedway rider who won the London Riders' Championship in 1938. More about Eric Chitty
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Chitty was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Before taking up speedway he worked as an electrical engineer.
Chitty started speedway racing in 1930 in Detroit, Chicago and New York City in the United States, where he was noticed in 1934 by Johnnie Hoskins. In 1935 he came to the UK for a trial with the West Ham Hammers. He was not successful in his trial and was looking for other employment when the West Ham promoter Hoskins gave him another chance five months later, which he took. He was offered a contract by the Hammers. A broken collarbone in 1936 caused a long layoff, and he returned in 1937, scoring moderately well. The 1938 season saw a considerable improvement in his racing, Chitty winning the Opening Cup and the London Riders' Championship, both at New Cross. Chitty also served for a time as chairman of the Speedway Riders' Association. Read even more about Eric Chitty at Wikipedia
Chitty started speedway racing in 1930 in Detroit, Chicago and New York City in the United States, where he was noticed in 1934 by Johnnie Hoskins. In 1935 he came to the UK for a trial with the West Ham Hammers. He was not successful in his trial and was looking for other employment when the West Ham promoter Hoskins gave him another chance five months later, which he took. He was offered a contract by the Hammers. A broken collarbone in 1936 caused a long layoff, and he returned in 1937, scoring moderately well. The 1938 season saw a considerable improvement in his racing, Chitty winning the Opening Cup and the London Riders' Championship, both at New Cross. Chitty also served for a time as chairman of the Speedway Riders' Association. Read even more about Eric Chitty at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Eric Chitty
The most expensive item with a signature of Eric Chitty (ERIC CHITTY ORIGINAL SIGNED PAGE. DADS ARMY. Rare!!) was sold in August 2023 for £71.00 while the cheapest item (ERIC CHITTY / CLIFF WATSON West Ham Speedway Signed album page) found a new owner for £1.20 in January 2016. The month with the most items sold (2) was September 2014 with an average selling price of £4.00 for an autographed item of Eric Chitty. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2018 with £19.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.20 was January 2016. In average, an autographed item from Eric Chitty is worth £4.59.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Eric Chitty were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1909-1990 ERIC CHITTY (West Ham), 1950's b/w press photo, ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £5.50 | |
| 1909-1990 ERIC CHITTY (West Ham), b/w glossy vintage photo, ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £16.99 | |
| 1909-1990 ERIC CHITTY, vintage b/w POSTCARD, ORIGINALLY SIGNED to back! | £4.99 | |
| 1950 KIDDY'S Popular Speedway Riders card: Eric Chitty (error) SIGNED JEFF LLOYD | £3.99 | |
| AUTOGRAPHED ERIC CHITTY WEST HAM SPEEDWAY PHOTO | £3.00 | |
| ERIC CHITTY / CLIFF WATSON West Ham Speedway Signed album page | £1.20 | |
| ERIC CHITTY HAND SIGNED ALBUM PAGE/PHOTO -1930's > WEST HAM, CANADA etc | £3.00 | |
| ERIC CHITTY WEST HAM CANADA HAND SIGNED ORIGINAL GRACE PHOTO ( POST CARD SIZE ) | £3.45 | |
| ERIC CHITTY WEST HAM HAMMERS SPEEDWAY 1934-1952 RARE ORIG HAND SIGNED CUTTING | £9.38 | |
| ERIC CHITTY WEST HAM HAMMERS SPEEDWAY 1934-1952 RARE ORIG HAND SIGNED PICTURE | £12.38 | |
| JACK BIGGS & ERIC CHITTY, vintage album page, ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £5.69 | |
| Signed Eric Chitty 1909-1990 Canadian London Champion West Ham Belle Vue 1940s + | £2.40 | |
| Signed Eric Chitty Photo West Ham Belle Vue Canada 1939 | £7.00 | |
| SIGNED JONNIE HOSKINS & DAVE PIDDOCK SPEEDWAY PHOTO TO ERIC CHITTY | £3.00 | |
| SIGNED SPEEDWAY PHOTO. MALCOLM CRAVEN & ERIC CHITTY (WEST HAM) | £19.99 | |