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**Haddock** · 31-12-2015, 04:08

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Fred Dineage: alive
Derek Dougan: dead
Dan Maskell: dead

From a later period, Alan Green, Clive Tyldsley and Jonathan Pearce are also all still alive.

**tee rex** · 31-12-2015, 06:56

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Not a commentator as such, but it's always heartening to hear Jimmy Armfield on the BBC World Service. I tune in every week just to make sure he's still around. For a pre-1966 player, he's doing well.

He's been gone 25 years now, but the name on the radio list should be Peter Jones. Heysel and Hillsborough were the memories that he never wanted.

**Capybara** · 31-12-2015, 10:24

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

You can add Alan Weeks to the list of 'general' commentators no longer with us. Turned his hand to many things, predominantly on ice but also including football, snooker, gymnastics and speedway.

**Jah Womble** · 31-12-2015, 11:25

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Delighted to hear that Jonathan Pearce is doing okay. The guy's only just turned 56.

**longeared** · 31-12-2015, 11:34

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Dead - Ted Lowe, Raymond Brooks - Ward, Eddie Waring, Dan Maskell, Julian Wilson

Alive - Richard Pitman (72), Clive Everton (78 and still commentating)

**nmrfox** · 31-12-2015, 11:41

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Capybara wrote: You can add Alan Weeks to he list of 'general' commentators no longer with us. Turned his hand to many things, predominantly on ice but also including football, snooker, gymnastics and speedway.

Likewise Tony Gubba - football (he did the France v Germany semi final in 1986), darts, cycling, judo and most of the winter olympic sports

**adams house cat** · 31-12-2015, 14:57

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Was Sid Waddell from the 70s?

**nmrfox** · 31-12-2015, 15:14

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

adams house cat wrote: Was Sid Waddell from the 70s?

Yep, started on the seminal Indoor League and commentated on the 1978 darts world final.

Ah'll see thee

**Jah Womble** · 31-12-2015, 18:03

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

"Ah'll see thee" was Fred Trueman's catchphrase. He hosted Indoor League, whereas Sid Waddell devised/produced it.

**Satchmo Distel** · 31-12-2015, 18:42

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Indoor League's commentator was Dave Lanning, who also did darts and speedway on World of Sport. He is still alive.

Tony Green was Waddell's co-commentator from 1978-1994 and is still alive.

Still alive: Hamilton Bland, dodgy swimming commentator, fired in 1998. Alan Parry was Peter Jones' co-commentator on Radio 2.

**Rogin the Armchair fan** · 31-12-2015, 19:02

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Peter Alliss commentated on most of the Opens in the 1970s, although for the early ones he was invited into the booth alongside Henry Longhurst just to provide a bit of "what was it like out there today, Peter?" colour after Alliss himself had finished his round (he was still good enough as a player to finish in the top 40 in 1973, aged 42, although his best years were in the 1950s and 1960s).

After Longhurst's death in 1978, Alliss took over the role he effectively still has today.

**HORN** · 01-01-2016, 14:59

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Idwal Robling is dead.

**Satchmo Distel** · 01-01-2016, 15:21

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

A list here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports_announcers

Peter Brackley, Jim Rosenthal and Mike Ingham go back as far as Radio 2 in the 1970s. Denis Law is listed wrongly as only starting in 1981; I'm sure he was on Radio 2 in the 70s.

Dead: Alex Hay, Denis Compton, Alan Gibson (famously carpeted for such drunken comments as "Cunis, neither one thing or the other"), various horse racing commentators whose names I only dimly recall: I have no memory at all of Raleigh Gilbert.

**HORN** · 01-01-2016, 17:56

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

I think I'd have enjoyed listening to Alan Gibson.

**East of the Moon** · 01-01-2016, 19:02

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Julian Wilson. dead, horse racing

Clive Graham, dead, horse racing

**East of the Moon** · 01-01-2016, 19:53

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

John Lawrence (Lord Oaksey) dead

John Rickman also dead

I note Julian Wilson already mentioned

**George** · 01-01-2016, 20:36

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Graham Goode who featured on the old ITV Sevens before promotion to the main 'Classics and Group 1' commentator at the start of the 80's is very much alive and still only in his sixties.

I have no memory at all of Raleigh Gilbert.

Probably ITV racing's main commentator during the 70's after Tony Cooke left and before Goode took over. Still shared commentary with the latter for a few years when coverage shifted to C4.

**East of the Moon** · 01-01-2016, 21:24

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Yeah Tony Cooke is dead too

Raleigh Gilbert I do remember well being a racing fan

**Borracho** · 01-01-2016, 21:29

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

ITV's World Cup commentators in the 1980s:

Brian Moore � dead
John Helm � alive
Gerry Harrison � alive
Gerald Sinstadt � alive
Nick Owen � alive
Hugh Johns � dead
Martin Tyler � alive
Peter Brackley � alive

**gavc23** · 02-01-2016, 07:50

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Just about squeezing in to the 70s on local telly and radio, but with his salad days certainly in the 80s, Elton Welsbey is still about.

His stint as host of Busman's Holiday didn't quite work out though.

**Uncle Ethan** · 02-01-2016, 08:44

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Bill McLaren was the voice of rugby for me - died in 2010.

**Geoffrey de Ste. Croix** · 02-01-2016, 08:47

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

70's football north of the border.

Archie Macpherson is still kicking about. Arthur Montford is no longer with us. Jock Brown took over from Montford in 1980 and he is still here.

**Satchmo Distel** · 02-01-2016, 10:16

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

MacPherson's autobiography is worth reading, if rather self-serving (ditto Barry Davies)

**Gangster Octopus** · 04-01-2016, 15:59

1970s British Commentators "Alive or Dead?" List

Motor Racing - Raymond Baxter (desc.)