Autographs of Bob Champion
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.
Champion was born in Sussex, but very soon after his birth the family moved to Guisborough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. During his childhood, he rode the donkey Lively Laddie, who was born in 1943 and lived to at least 60 years old.
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.
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Traded items with a signature of Bob Champion
The most expensive item with a signature of Bob Champion (Signed Limited Edition Print Of Bob Champion And Aldaniti By Claire Eva Burton) was sold in October 2025 for £327.66 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 January 2026 with £54.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.01 was November 2018. In average, an autographed item from Bob Champion is worth £5.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bob Champion were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1996 RIDE FOR LIFE GREAT BRITAIN BENHAM FDC SIGNED JOCKEY BOB CHAMPION VGC | £2.15 |  |
| 1996 RIDE FOR LIFE GREAT BRITAIN BENHAM FDC SIGNED JOCKEY BOB CHAMPION VGC | £2.15 | |
| BOB CHAMPION - GRAND NATIONAL WINNER - ALDANITI - SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | £17.95 | |
| BOB CHAMPION - GRAND NATIONAL WINNER - ALDANITI - SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | £17.95 | |
| 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 | £14.99 | |
| Bob Champion Hand Signed Aldaniti Grand National 1981 Photo 10x8 Montage + COA | £47.45 | |
| Bob Champion Hand Signed Aldaniti Grand National 1981 Photo 10x8 Montage + COA | £47.45 | |
| Bob Champion Hand Signed Photo | £5.91 | |
| Bob Champion Hand Signed Photo | £5.91 | |
| Bob Champion Signed Framed Horse Racing Photograph :A | £54.99 | |
| Bob Champion Signed Framed Horse Racing Photograph :A | £54.99 | |
| Wonderland Prize Signed Celebrity Sportsmen Eddie the Eagle Bob Champion Gooch | £26.49 | |
| Wonderland Prize Signed Celebrity Sportsmen Eddie the Eagle Bob Champion Gooch | £26.49 | |
