
Dickie Davies dies as tributes paid to legendary sports presenter
Retired British television sports presenter Dickie Davies, who anchored World of Sport from 1968 until 1985, has died at the age of 94

RIP……big part of my Saturday afternoons growing up. But ‘suffering a strike in 1995’…..? What a shite piece of editing![]()
Dickie Davies dies as tributes paid to legendary sports presenter
Retired British television sports presenter Dickie Davies, who anchored World of Sport from 1968 until 1985, has died at the age of 94www.mirror.co.uk
I have vague memories of them showing the college football, specifically the Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl.WoS the first UK programme to show NFL games - must have been the mid to late 1980's as the Steelers were winning everything!
Git.Beat you by two minutes![]()
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94!89, what a great innings, RIP.
I’ve childhood memories of their Saturday afternoons covering minority to the UK sports/events such as The Tour De France (that’ll never catch on here) with Merckx and surfing from Hawaii. Glamour in a bigger world at that time. As well as some of the boxing greats …. commentated on by Reg Gutteridge.
To be fair it simply shows an equality in cultural appreciation.Git.
I made the mistake of using wiki.94!
Surfing was brilliant, good reminder.
ThisOh, that's another bit of my younger years gone. RIP sir, they don't make 'em like that any more.
I also loved BBC Sportsnight on Wednesday’s for boxing and football, and ITV aired highlights of magical European club games with the likes of Gerald Sinstadt commentating.First there was David Coleman (1958 - 1968 BBC) then came Dickie (1968 to 1985 ITV). In these days of live sport and unlimited channels it's unbelievable that back then we had a few hours on a Saturday. Still cant work out how the wrestling always ended at 4:34 in time for the results at 4:40 (10 min 1/2 time back then as well).
To me he was the voice of sport.