Dennis John ComettiAM (born 26 March 1949) is an Australian retired sports commentator, player and coach of Australian rules football. In a career spanning 51 years, his smooth voice, dry humour and quick wit became his trademark.[2][3][4] Until his retirement, he remained the only television broadcaster to have spanned the entire duration of the AFL national competition, serving the Seven Network, Nine Network and Broadcom. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours.
Cometti retired as a sports commentator, with his last game being the 2021 AFL Grand Final, which was called for Triple M in Perth on 25 September 2021.
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May 2015 and Android on 26 September 2015. Commentary is provided by DennisCometti and Tom Harley. New features added to AFL Live 2 include, a 15-year...
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times: in 1991, 1993, 1994 and the 1997 Super Touring 1000. Alongside DennisCometti, Roberts was a commentator during the famous AFL match between Sydney...
The Age. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021. Cometti, Dennis (7 July 2018). "The DennisCometti Q&A: Western Bulldogs ball-winner Jack Macrae". The...
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and snapped a freakish goal over his head, leading to commentator DennisCometti's iconic expression "like a cork in the ocean", the Eagles were now just...
pro sports commentator, and he is so good that he is enrolled in the DennisCometti School of Young Sports Callers. He gets frequent assignments from this...
Basil Zempilas. In 2015, he began calling Sunday afternoon matches with DennisCometti (and later Brian Taylor), only for matches played in Melbourne (as AFL...
has been used for computer games, including as AFL 2007 along with DennisCometti. Following Seven losing the AFL rights, Healy joined Nine Network as...
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