Dennis Cometti, legendary sports commentator dies, aged 76
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-04/dennis-cometti-legendary-sports-commentator-dies-aged-76/106414474?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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The man who not only called countless AFL games, but also many Olympic swimming events including Sydney 2000
Vale Mr “centimetre perfect” – May he rest in peace
Bit sad. Grew up with his AFL commentary. Rip Dennis.
Greatest sports commentator this world has ever seen, centimetre perfect
Oh we’ve lost a good one here. A treasured voice of a generation and across so many sports.
He will be missed
Narrator of many of my core memories. RIP
A lovely bloke Dennis. Often saw him on Saturdays outside Freo oval waiting to be picked up by a friend and he’d always say G’day and have a chat.
“Bobbing up and down like a cork in the ocean” – thanks for the memories Dennis – RIP ol mate
Met him during some work experience at channel 9, the absolutely nicest guy there, made me feel really welcome. Will be missed.
Very sad. Footy was never the same without Dennis and Bruce.
Greatest commentator of all time. RIP
Truly the greatest to ever do it- we’ve not had a commentator who can approach his class and finesse since, and I doubt we ever will. A great loss for Australia 🙁
What a legend. He went in optimistically and came out misty optically!
One of the voices of my generation 🙏🏽
In my mind, he is behind the greatest piece of Australian sporting commentary of all time. [The men’s 4x100m freestyle final at Sydney 200](https://youtu.be/dQQt0eTknxY?si=-camGubmupydbcb1)
A wonderful commentator and personality who we have not seen the like of since. I also would say he was one of the rare commentators who didn’t allow personal biases for particular teams to show in his commentary RIP
Rest in Power. One of, if not the greatest, to ever do it.
Oh man. No. Shit news.
Will miss his dulcet tones. Loved Den’s commentary. They should dedicate the entire season to him.
RIP.
That’s man’s voice was a huge part of my footy childhood.
It feels like part of my childhood is gone with his passing
Oh my god. The greatest commentator in this country’s history, along with Richie, although they’re a different beast cause Richie was a cricket commentator, not a general sports commentator.
I think we all come out misty optically today. 💔
What?! RIP Dennis, thanks for everything
Dennis and Richie, the two greatest Australian callers of their respective sports (Cometti also did cricket once upon a time, if I’m not mistaken!). May they now be reunited in the great commentary box in the sky, RIP Dennis.
Edit: yeah, I should’ve read the article first. Says he did Test cricket for the ABC in the 70s. Didn’t know he did Olympics commentary too, what a multifaceted great! 🙁
I can still remember his exact commentary voice from the 90-early 2000s.
RIP.