{"id":493718,"date":"2026-03-05T00:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=493718"},"modified":"2026-03-05T02:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:23:15","slug":"dennis-cometti-one-of-the-greatest-australian-sport-commentators-the-voice-of-the-afl-dies-aged-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=493718","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Cometti, one of the greatest Australian sport commentators, the voice of the AFL, dies aged 76."},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1rl3p5y\/dennis_cometti_one_of_the_greatest_australian\/\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/external-preview.redd.it\/9OWCimuSEdhRlabVp8UOHYUEG8A88L-1FqHbltlmJJ4.jpeg?width=320&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=f9be30baf30dbff58f0ca1942312a8b84bb8a199\" alt=\"Dennis Cometti, one of the greatest Australian sport commentators, the voice of the AFL, dies aged 76.\" title=\"Dennis Cometti, one of the greatest Australian sport commentators, the voice of the AFL, dies aged 76.\" \/> <\/a> <\/td>\n<td> <!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>In a career spanning 51 years, his smooth voice, dry humour and quick wit became his trademark. The AFL have put out a compilation of his most iconic calls. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Pleasant_Inspection9\"> \/u\/Pleasant_Inspection9 <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CiTdWWLNqgA?si=379kb1YpepW2IfWG\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1rl3p5y\/dennis_cometti_one_of_the_greatest_australian\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In a career spanning 51 years, his smooth voice, dry humour and quick wit became his trademark. The AFL have put out a compilation of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=493718\" title=\"Dennis Cometti, one of the greatest Australian sport commentators, the voice of the AFL, dies aged 76.\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":493720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=493718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493721,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493718\/revisions\/493721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/493720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=493718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=493718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=493718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}