Vale - Dennis Cometti

[Booney]

Beloved sports broadcaster and Australian commentary icon Dennis Cometti has passed away, aged 76.

Born in Geraldton, Western Australia, the Channel 7 icon’s career in the professional media landscape spanned 53 years between 1968 and 2021.

Sad day.

[Armchair expert]

Terrible news

[Booney]

"He went in optimistically and came out misty optically" is the greatest line ever called in a game of footy and I'll die on that hill.

[Corona Man]

"He went in optimistically and came out misty optically" is the greatest line ever called in a game of footy and I'll die on that hill.

Yep, centi-metre perfect.

[Lightning McQueen]

"He went in optimistically and came out misty optically" is the greatest line ever called in a game of footy and I'll die on that hill.

Rex Hunt would have to own a few of my favourites but Dennis was very entertaining to listen to.

It was great to hear some of his comments on the playstation.

Genuinely sad to hear of his passing, he was the window to world for all things WAFL for me growing up.

[Brodlach]

One of the best, Vale Dennis

“Bobbed up a cork in the ocean “

[Booney]

Barlow to Bateman, the Hawks are attacking alphabetically.

[saintal]

Yze. Terrific young player, bad scrabble hand.

[Spargo]

Gasper, the unfriendly post

Rocca, like my wife’s driving, needs a fair bit of lane

[locky801]

Very sad news indeed, fantastic commentator RIP

[wenchbarwer]

"Metropolis, kicking to the city end"

Genuinely one of the very best, him and Bruce. A very witty commentator, vale.

Also, "came up on him like a librarian" will be immortal

[wenchbarwer]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Co ... ttiisms%22

Great reading

[gadj1976]

Holy sh1t, how sad. Right on the eve of the season.

Vale Dennis! What a commentator.

[stun72]

Truly sad news.

"Cousins runs away from car and not for the first time."

[woodublieve12]

"Is that the Grand Final? Sydney are PREMIERS!" – Cometti's definitive call as the final siren sounded

Yelled "shut up dennis" as the game wasn't over... It was, but i was super nervous and pumped. The call leading up to that was awesome too

"What a snap! What a celebration! What a Grand Final!" – Delivered immediately after Nick Malceski kicked the sealing goal for the Swans.




One of the very best to do it. Sad day

[Spargo]

Unbelievably it’s been 10 years since he called a game on tv…

[Booney]

Unbelievably it’s been 10 years since he called a game on tv…

I thought he called the 2021 Covid WA GF?

Edit -
On radio*.

[Lightning McQueen]

Unbelievably it’s been 10 years since he called a game on tv…

TV's are a lot slimmer now.

[am Bays]

it was good listening to 5AN on the way into work this morning. they played a montage of his famous calls including (and I didnt know this) his call of the last ball of the day of the Boxing Day Test of 1981 on ABC radio.
One of the great days of cricket