Robert Champion CBE (born 4 June 1948) is an English former jump jockey, who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti. His triumph, while recovering from cancer, was made into the 1984 film Champions, with John Hurt portraying Champion. The film is based on Champion's book Champion's Story, which he wrote with close friend, racing journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Powell. More about Bob Champion
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Champion was born in Sussex, but very soon after his birth the family moved to Guisborough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. In July 1979, at the height of his career as a jockey, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He was treated with an orchidectomy and with the chemotherapeutic drugs bleomycin, vinblastine and cisplatin, and also had an exploratory operation to identify cancer in his lymph nodes. His victory on Aldaniti was viewed by many as a great triumph, following his adversity. Their victory in the Grand National earned them that year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award, and was chosen by Channel 4 viewers in 2002 as one of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments.In total, we tracked 108 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Bob Champion (Bob Champion CBE Large 32x23 Signed Framed Photo Display) was sold in November 2021 for £125.00 while the cheapest item (New Bob Champion hand signed legends frame. 60cm x 46cm inc. certificate) found a new owner for £0.01 in November 2018. The month with the most items sold (10) was September 2018 with an average selling price of £1.99 for an autographed item of Bob Champion. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2020 with £33.74 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.01 was November 2018. In average, an autographed item from Bob Champion is worth £5.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bob Champion were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Bob Champion - English Jockey 'Grand National Winner 1981' - Hand Signed Card | £5.00 | ||
Bob Champion and Aldaniti Signed Large Photograph | £11.24 | ||
Bob Champion and Aldaniti Signed Large Photograph | £14.99 | ||
Bob Champion and Aldaniti Signed Large Photograph | £11.24 | ||
Bob Champion and Aldaniti Signed Large Photograph | £11.24 | ||
Bob Champion and Aldaniti Signed Large Photograph | £11.24 | ||
Bob Champion former jockey 6.5x4 colour signed autographed photograph | £8.00 | ||
BOB CHAMPION Signed 10x8 Photo GRAND NATIONAL Winner ALDANITI COA | £24.99 | ||
BOB CHAMPION Signed 10x8 Photo GRAND NATIONAL Winner ALDANITI COA | £24.99 | ||
Framed Bob Champion signed photo - 1981 Grand National Winner - Aldaniti | £15.00 |