Autographs of Ron Atkinson

Ronald Frederick Atkinson (born 18 March 1939) is an English former football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Ron", he was regarded as one of Britain's best-known football pundits in the 1990s and early 2000s. More about Ron Atkinson

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Nicknamed "The Tank" during his playing career, he represented Oxford United for twelve years, and still holds the club record for appearances. As a manager, he won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1983 and 1985 and the Football League Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1991 and Aston Villa in 1994.

Atkinson was born in Liverpool in the Old Swan area of the city with his brother Graham Atkinson who was also a professional footballer. After a few years his family moved to Shard End (then in Warwickshire, now an area of Birmingham). He attended Lea Village Secondary School. After beginning his career as a ground staff boy at Wolverhampton Wanderers, he was signed by Aston Villa from works team BSA Tools at the age of 17, but never played a first-team match for them. He has referred to then Villa coach Jimmy Hogan as his biggest influence. Read even more about Ron Atkinson at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Ron Atkinson

The most expensive item with a signature of Ron Atkinson (WEST BROMWICH ALBION FC 1979-80 CYRILLE REGIS RON ATKINSON +13 HAND SIGNED PHOTO) was sold in December 2020 for £114.99 while the cheapest item (RON ATKINSON COVENTRY CITY AUTOGRAPHED PROMATCH SERIES 2 CARD 1997) found a new owner for £0.50 in October 2019.

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