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Michael Jordan signed memorabilia
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17 1963. He is a retired American professional basketball player. Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. He played for the NBAs Chicago Bulls in 1984 where he quickly rose to fame entertaining crowds with his talent. He earned the nickname Air Jordan due to his incredible leaping ability and by performing slam dunks. Jordan also took time out from basketball in 1993 to pursue a career in baseball but he rejoined Chicago Bulls in 1995 and led them to three championships. Jordan finally retired from NBA basketball in 2003 where on his last game he got a standing ovation from his teammates, opponents and a crowd of 21,257 fans. Jordan has received many awards for playing basketball such as being named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996, he is ranked number one by ESPN in the top 100 athletes of the 20th century and sportsmen of the year in 1991.
Usain Bolt signed memorabilia
Usain St. Leo Bolt was born on 21 August 1986. He is a Jamaican sprinter and a three-time Olympic gold medalist.Bolt turned professional in 2004 beginning with the CARIFTA games. In this year Bolt became the first junior sprinter to run the 200m in under 20 seconds. Bolt also went to the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2007 Bolt got a place on the podium in the World Championships in Osaka for winning a silver medal in the 200m race. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bolt became the first man to win three sprinting events at a single Olympics and the first man to set world records in all three at a single Olympics. In 2009 he became the first man to hold the 100 and 200m world and Olympic titles. Bolt has many records since becoming an Olympic sprinter. His records are his personal best of 9.58 seconds in the 100 meters which is the fastest ever legal time, personal best of 19.19 seconds in the 200 meters is the world record and he has broken the Olympic record with a time of 19.30 seconds.
Ronnie O`Sullivan signed memorabilia
Ronnie O`Sullivan nicknamed The Rocket is a professional English snooker player who was born on 5 December 1975. He is currently ranked number one in the world rankings of snooker.Ronnie O`Sullivan became professional in 1992 where he won his first 38 matches as a professional at age 16. O`Sullivan won his first masters title in 1995. At the start of the 2002-03 season O`Sullivan was ranked number one due to his impressive performance in 2001. O`Sullivan had another successful season in 2002 as he won the Scottish Masters, the European Open and the Irish Masters. O`Sullivan is meant to be one of the naturally most talented snooker players in the history of the sport. O`Sullivan in 2004 appeared on the Top gear car show where he done a lap of the track in 1:47.3. Ronnie O`Sullivan has been world champion in snooker 3 times in 2001, 2004 and 2008 and has a total of 22 ranking titles.
Stephen Hendry signed memorabilia
Stephen Hendry nicknamed The Golden Boy is a professional Scottish snooker playerHendry became a professional snooker player in 1985 and has won 32 ranking events and 68 major titles. In 1990 Hendry was the youngest ever world champion at age 21. In 1987 and 1996 Hendry was voted BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the year. In his successful career Hendry has earned £6 million in prize money. Stephen Hendry has also broken a number of records including the record for number of titles won with 36 titles. Hendry has also been rated as the greatest player of all time in a book written by Luke Williams. Apart from snooker Hendry has an interest in football as he supports Scottish team Hearts.
Andy Murray signed memorabilia
Andrew Murray is a professional Scottish tennis player who was born on 15 May 1987. He is currently ranked world number 2.Murray turned professional in 2005 and ended this year ranked world number 64. Murray was also awarded the BBC Scotland Sports Personality Of The year in 2005. Murray won the Wimbledon doubles with David Sherwood in this year and this made him the youngest man to play in the Davis cup. Murray started the 2006 season ranked world number 64. In this year Murray won the Australian Open doubles tournament. Murray ended the 2006 season ranked world number 17. In 2007 Murray got a doubles world ranking of number 89. Due to injury and defeats in 2007 Murrays world rank fell to number 19 but by the end of the year he stood at number 12. During the 2008 season Murray won many matches including the U.S Open, resulting in him being ranked as world number 4. By the end of the 2009 season Murray had been ranked at world number 2 by getting to the finals of the Montreal Masters.
Rafael Nadal signed memorabilia
Rafael Nadal is a Spanish professional tennis player who was born on 3 June 1986. He is currently ranked number two in world ranking. He has been given the nickname The King of Clay due to him being a master when playing on clay tennis courts. Nadal turned professional in 2001 at the age of 14 where he won his first ATP match. Nadal made his Wimbledon debut in 2003 where he became the youngest man to reach the third round. In 2004 Nadal finished the year in world rank number 51. In the 2005 season Nadal had many victories on the clay court as he won 24 consecutive singles matches, this bringing his world ranking to number 5. In the same year Nadal won the French Open which brought his world ranking to number 3. Nadal also won the Golden Bagel Award in 2005. Since turning pro Nadal has won 36 singles titles and 5 doubles titles.
Roger Federer signed memorabilia
Roger Federer was born on 8 August 1981. He is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world number 1.Federer turned professional in 1988 where he played in junior level matches. It was in 1999 that Federer debuted for Switzerland in the Davis cup. He also finished that year ranked world number 66. In the year 2000 Federer won the French Open doubles. He ended this year ranked world number 29. It wasnt until 2003 that Federer began to accelerate in the sport as he was undefeated on grass courts and finished the year ranked number 2 in the world. Federer in 2004 had a perfect season as he won three of the four grand slams, did not lose in any final he reached and was named Tennis World Champion. In 2005 Federer defended his Wimbledon title for the third year running. It was in 2006 that Federer finally reached world number 1 due to him winning three of the four grand slam singles tournaments. Throughout his career Federer has won 61 career singles titles and 8 doubles titles. Federer is an all-court player as he is known for his fluent style of play and shot making.
Martin Johnson signed memorabilia
Martin Osborne Johnson nicknamed Jonno was born on 9 March 1970. He is an English former rugby union player who played for and captained England and Leicester.
It was in 1989 when Johnson started to play rugby in England for Leicester and later on made his debut for England in 1993. Johnson successfully captain both England and Leicester receiving great praise for this. Since making his England debut in 1993 Johnson played with his national team until 2003 and retired in 2004 but was with Leicester until 2005 and gained 307 caps. In 2008 since retiring Johnson was appointed England team manager.
Phil Taylor signed memorabilia
Philip Douglas Taylor was born on 13 August 1960 and is an English darts player. He is nicknamed The Power and he has won 52 major tournaments. He has been ranked World Number One since June 2008.
Taylor has been playing darts since 1988 and is a right handed darts player. He eventually qualified for the world championships for the first time in 1990. Taylor got to the final and won against his mentor Eric Bristow. Taylor lost his world championship title in 1991 to Dennis Priestley. Since 1995 Taylor was unbeaten for eight years in the PDC world championship. Taylor is the first darts player to win more than £1 million in prize money. Since playing darts in 1998 Taylor holds many records such as most overall World Championship titles with 14, most televised nine-dart finishes with 7 and most Las Vegas Desert Classic titles with 5.
Lance Armstrong signed memorabilia
Lance Armstrong was born on the 18th of September 1971 and is an American cyclist. He has won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven times, from 1999 to 2005. He is the only person to win seven times back to back. Beating the previous record of five wins. Armstrong has overcome meany problems in his life including, testicular cancer, a tumor that metastasized to his lungs and brain. Lance has won meany awards some of witch include, he was named the American Broadcasting Company Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2000 he won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports. Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the years 2002 2005, and has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award in 2003.
Stephen Borthwick signed memorabilia
Stephen William "Steve" Borthwick was born on October 12th 1979 in Carlisle, Cumbria. Now aged 30, Height 6 ft 5 in and weighing in at 17 st 10 lb, Steve currently plays for Guiness Premiership side Saracens and is also a regular part of the English national squad and plays in the position of lock for both sides. Borthwick is currently captain of the England Rugby Union team. He has established himself among the best line-out jumpers in England. Borthwick signed for Saracens F.C. in 2008 from Somerset side Bath . Borthwick left bath to join Saracens on a 200,000-a-year contract after 10 years at Bath, Borthwick had seen his club reach two Challenge Cup finals and lose both to Wasps in 2003 and Clermont-Auvergne this time last year. On Sunday 10 February 2008 Borthwick was named captain for England's Six Nations match against Italy in Rome, and on 13 May 2008 he was chosen to captain the full England squad on their summer tour of New Zealand and in October 2008 he was named as Martin Johnson's first England Captain for the Autumn internationals. Borthwick came under a lot of criticism after England's disappointing Autumn internationals in which they suffered heavy defeats to New Zealand and South Africa. However Martin Johnson kept faith in him. In the 2009 Six Nations, Borthwick came under more criticism as England's discipline cost them victories against Ireland and Wales. However after performing much better against France and Scotland in the last two weeks of the tournament, Borthwick's critics seemed to turn to praise and In January 2010, Borthwick was confirmed as England captain for the 2010 Six Nations
Ben Cohen signed memorabilia
Ben Christopher Cohen (MBE) was born on September 14th 1978 in Northampton, England. Now aged 31, Height 6 ft 2 in and weighing in at 16 st 3 lb, Ben currently plays for Guiness Premiership side Sale Sharks and is also a regular part of the English national squad and plays in the position of wing, or outside centre for both sides. Nicked name Big Ben, Ben's uncle is known world wide as the 1966 right back England world cup winner George Cohen. When he was 17 he joined Northampton Saints and made his first team debut against Treorchy in the 1996/97 season, following which his name was rarely left off the team sheet. This was until, after refusing to play for the club after being overlooked for the role of club captain in favour of Bruce Reihana, he was released from contract by Saints in September 2007 by mutual consent. Cohen had long been linked with a move away from the club and signed a deal with Brive who play in the Top 14 competition in France. In March 2009, Sale Sharks announced the capture of Cohen from Brive. With Cohen's arrival at Edgeley Park it was reported to only help revitalise his international ambitions. Cohen is the 10th-highest point scorer in England rugby history and third behind Rory Underwood and Will Greenwood in the list of all time England try scorers.
Alex Higgins signed memorabilia
Alexander Gordon Higgins born 18 March 1949 in Belfast, best known as Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, is a retired professional snooker player from Northern Ireland, who was twice World Champion and runner-up on two occasions. Higgins is also a former World Doubles champion with Jimmy White and won the World Cup three times with the All Ireland team. Higgins has been an inspiration to many of today's professional snooker players including Ken Doherty, Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan who in an interview stated "Alex was an inspiration to players like Jimmy White and thousands of snooker players all over the country, including me. The way he played at his best is the way I believe the game should be played. It was on the edge, keeping the crowd entertained and glued to the action."
Frankie Dettori signed memorabilia
Lanfranco Frankie Dettori, MBE born December 15, 1970 in Milan is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy. Dettoris first experience with horses was at the age of twelve and his father bought him a Palomino pony. This had some impact on him, as he rode the horse often. When he was 13 Dettori left school to become a stable boy and apprentice jockey. The following year he went to Great Britain where he apprenticed with trainer Luca Cumani at Newmarket in 1985 and became a stable jockey soon after. In 1990 Dettori became the first teenager since Lester Piggott to ride 100 winners in one season. His first win came at the age of 16 in Turin in November 1986, while his first victory in Britain was the following June. Further success followed, with numerous winners in Group 1 races. On September 28, 1996 he achieved the feat of winning all seven races on a single day at Ascot Racecourse. Dettori is the retained jockey for the Godolphin racing stables, and is well-known for his distinctive "flying dismounts". He quit his position as a team captain on the BBC quiz A Question Of Sport in 2003, when he was apparently stung by a question from a participant as to when he retired from riding. Since that time he has completely rededicated himself to riding. He was rewarded for his new found dedication by becoming the British Champion Jockey in 2004. On December 29, 2000 he received an honorary MBE.
Gavin Hastings signed memorabilia
Andrew Gavin Hastings, OBE born 3 January 1962 is a former Scotland rugby union player. He is frequently considered one of the best, if not the best, rugby player to come out of Scotland. His nickname is Big Gav. Hastings was born in Edinburgh. He has played for Watsonians, London Scottish, Cambridge University, Scotland and the British and Irish Lions and was one of the outstanding rugby union players of his generation, winning 61 caps for Scotland, 20 of which as captain. He played fullback, and captained the Lions on the tour to New Zealand in 1993 after playing in all three tests in the 1989 tour to Australia. Former national coach Ian Mc Geechan said of him. He is widely considered one of the outstanding players of the game, and is hugely respected by his peers. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. In sporting lists, he is often named as the greatest Scottish rugby player of all time. On the 30th of August 2007 he was announced as the chairman of the "New" Edinburgh professional rugby club.
Jason Leonard signed memorabilia
Jason Leonard OBE born Barking, London, 14 August 1968, also known as "The Fun Bus", is an English former rugby union prop forward who held the world record for winning the most international caps until 2005, when it was surpassed by Australia's scrum half George Gregan. He also held the record for total international appearances when his five caps with the British and Irish Lions were included until 17 June 2006, when it was overtaken by Gregan. Leonard has 119 caps 114 for England to Gregans 139 with Australia, but Leonards record as the world's most capped forward still stands. As an England player, Leonard won the highest international accolades possible Grand Slams 1991, 1992, 1995 and 2003 and the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also won a British and Irish Lions Test series on the 1997 tour of South Africa. His lengthy career straddled both the amateur and professional eras and he had a job as a carpenter. He began playing for his home club, Barking and his school teams as a youth, and as his playing talents became recognised, interest was shown by London club Saracens, where he later moved. Later still, he moved to Harlequins, where he stayed until his professional retirement in May 2004, making a total of 219 appearances and ending on a winning note as his team won the European Parker Pen Challenge Cup. He would have made a far greater number of club appearances if it had not been for the constant international demands of England and the British and Irish Lions.
Will Greenwood signed memorabilia
William John Heaton "Will" Greenwood, MBE born 20 October 1972 in Blackburn, Lancashire is a former English rugby union player. He was educated at Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall, where his mother taught mathematics until 2007. His father, Dick Greenwood, was assistant bursar at Stonyhurst College where he also coached rugby with Brian Ashton and Sedbergh School. He played in the centres, mainly at inside-centre, although he was able to play at outside centre. However, he always wore the No. 13 shirt, this because of superstition. He played his club rugby for the Harlequins, having also played for Preston Grasshoppers, Waterloo and Leicester Tigers. He graduated with a BA in Economics from Hatfield College, Durham in 1994. In 2005 Greenwood was injured for the Six Nations, but was selected for the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, his third Lions tour. He replaced Brian O'Driscoll just two minutes into the first test against New Zealand and also played in the third test. In 2006, after 55 England English rugby union caps and 31 tries he announced his retirement at the end of the 2006 season and he currently works as an analyst for Sky Sports and regularly appears on 'The Rugby Club' and live premiership matches. During the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Greenwood was employed by ITV as an analyst for live matches.
Martina Navratilova signed memorabilia
Martina Navratilova born October 18, 1956 is a Czech American and former Czechoslovak tennis player and a former World No. 1. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who's ever lived." Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam women's doubles titles an all time record, and 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She reached the Wimbledon singles final 12 times, including 9 consecutive years from 1982 through 1990, and won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record 9 times. She and King each won 20 Wimbledon titles, an all time record. Navratilova is one of just three women to have accomplished a career Grand Slam in singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles called the Grand Slam "boxed set". She holds the open era record for most singles titles 167 and doubles titles 177. She recorded the longest winning streak in the open era 74 consecutive matches and three of the six longest winning streaks in the women's open era. Navratilova, Margaret Court, and Maureen Connolly share the record for the most consecutive Grand Slam singles titles six. Navratilova reached 11 consecutive Grand Slam singles finals, second all time to Steffi Graf's 13. In women's doubles, Navratilova and Pam Shriver won 109 consecutive matches and won all four Grand Slam titles in 1984. They also tied Louise Brough Clapp's and Margaret Osborne duPont's record of 20 Grand Slam women's doubles titles as a team.
Tony McCoy signed memorabilia
Anthony Peter McCoy MBE, born 4 May 1974, more commonly known as A.P. McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish horse racing jockey, widely regarded, and based on his career wins, as the finest jump jockey to date. Having recorded his first win at age 17 in 1992, by 2009 he had ridden over 3,000 winners and been named British jump racing Champion Jockey every year since 1995,6. His winners included the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, King George VI Chase and most recently, the 2010 Grand National, at his fifteenth attempt. He was awarded the MBE in 2003. McCoy beat Richards' record of 269 winners in a season on Valfonic at Warwick on 2 April 2002 he went on to end the campaign on 289. McCoy soon achieved a new high of 289 winners, and on 27 August 2002, at Uttoxeter, his victory on Mighty Mantefalco meant he had surpassed Richard Dunwoody's record of all time jumps winners and was now the leading jumps rider of all time. On 3 October 2006 McCoy became the first jump jockey to ride 2,500 winners. McCoy rode his 3000th winner at Plumpton on the Nicky Henderson trained Restless D'Artaix in the Tyser & Co Beginners Chase on 9 February 2009. Restless D'Artaix was sent off a 13-8 Favourite for the race. McCoy has gone on to win 3000 winners and says he never stops dreaming of the day he'll reach 4000.
Tony Dobbin signed memorabilia
Tony Dobbin born 1 May 1972 is a retired Northern Irish National Hunt jockey who rode mainly in Great Britain. He rode the winner of the Grand National on Lord Gyllene in 1997 and won over 1,200 races during his career in the saddle. He was the regular stable jockey for Nicky Richards. He retired from racing on Thursday, 10 April, 2008 riding the winner of his final race, Ballyvoge, at Carlisle Racecourse. He plans to assist his wife, Rose Davidson, training racehorses from 2009.
Jason Robinson signed memorabilia
Jason Thorpe Robinson OBE born 30 July 1974 in Leeds, West Yorkshire is an English former international rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He is of Scottish and Jamaican descent. Playing at wing or fullback, in total he won fifty-one rugby union international test caps for England and in rugby league he won twelve caps for Great Britain and seven for England. Throughout his career Robinson was noted for his acceleration. On 25 February 2009 it was announced that Robinson had agreed a contract to return to Sale Sharks as Head Coach from the end of the 2008-09 season replacing Kingsley Jones who moves upstairs to fill the vacancy left by the departing Frenchman Philippe Saint-Andre. Robinson started his rugby league career in 1991 at Hunslet, a club that plays in South Leeds. Despite being offered a contract by Leeds, he stuck by his side, as it would have meant leaving at an inconvenient time. He was later rewarded by a contract with Wigan who went on to dominate British rugby league.
Kieren Fallon signed memorabilia
Kieren Francis Fallon (born 22 February 1965 in Crusheen, County Clare, Ireland) is an Irish flat racing jockey and has been British Champion Jockey six times. In 1984 Fallon rode his first winner, Piccadilly Lord, at Navan. He came to England in 1988 to ride for trainer Jimmy FitzGerald his first winner in the United Kingdom coming at Thirsk Racecourse on Evichstar. Fallon has won the Epsom Derby three times; Oath in 1999, Kris Kin in 2003 and North Light in 2004.
Linford Christie signed memorabilia
Name: Linford Christie OBE
DoB: 2 April 1960
Nationality: English
Specialist Discipline: 100m
Christie is the only British man to win a gold medal in the 100m at all four major competitions: the Olympic Games and the World, Commonwealth, and European championships.
He was the first European to break the 10 second barrier in the 100m and he still holds the British record in the event. He is a former European record holder in the 60m, 100m and 4 x 100m relay events. With 23 major championship medals and 10 gold medals he is the most decorated British male athlete. Christie's career and standing in athletics have unfortunately been seriously tainted by alleged use of performance enhancing substances.
Christie's track career was ended when he received a two year ban for taking a performance enhancing substance, although he has continually denied any wrongdoing. Since his retirement he has focused on coaching, helping Katherine Merry and Darren Campbell to Olympic medals, and his sports management company, Nuff Respect.
Steve Redgrave signed memorabilia
Name: Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave CBE
DoB: 23 March 1962
Nationality: English
Discipline: Rower
Redgrave won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships gold medals. Redgrave is one of only four Olympians to have won a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games. This achievement led to him being hailed as Britain's greatest Olympian.
He married Ann Callaway now Lady Redgrave in 1988, an accomplished rower in her own right, Ann represented Great Britain in the womens eight at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and was Chief Medical Officer to the GB rowing team from 1992,2001.
Dan Luger signed memorabilia
Daniel Darko Luger MBE (born 11 January, 1975) is an English rugby union player who plays for Rugby Nice Côte d'Azur in France. He is a former England international who was a member of the squad that won the Webb Ellis Cup in 2003. Luger made his international debut in 1998, showing promise in the autumn 1999 World Cup qualification games, one against the Netherlands. He played in the 1999 Rugby World Cup, scoring a notable try against Fiji. In November 2000, Luger scored a famous last minute match-winning try in an England versus Australia match. Iain Balshaw kicked ahead and he touched down in the corner, with eight minutes of injury time played. During the 2001 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, Luger scored a hat-trick of tries in the opening match against Western Australia. However, an injury ended his tour, when he fractured a cheekbone in a training accident. A try from him topped the 42,6 Grand Slam victory over Ireland at Lansdowne Road back in April 2003 and he was again on the score sheet in August when he touched down in England's 43,9 humbling of Wales at the Millennium Stadium during the World Cup warm-up matches. He came on as an illegal substitute during the England-Samoa game at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, leading to dispute over whether England should be fined, or perhaps even docked points as a penalty for having sixteen players on the field for a short period of time. He struggled for form during the World Cup in 2003 and has not been selected since for the National side. Luger was also a notable England Sevens player playing at international level for a number of years to 2006.
Charlie Hodgson signed memorabilia
Charles Christopher Hodgson born 12 November 1980 in Halifax, West Yorkshire is an English rugby union footballer. He plays flyhalf for Sale and England. Hodgson was selected for Englands June tour of New Zealand. He was selected at Flyhalf for the 1st test but was subbed early in the second half because of some defensive errors most notably the missed tackle on centrer Ma'a Nonu which lead to a try. He took no further part in the tour. Hodgsons next game for England was against the barbarians on 29th May 2010 however he was substituted in the first half due to a facial injury. Hodgson is included in Johnsons squad to tour Australia in June 2010.
