outstanding media personality. 2014 – Voted Television Caller of the Year by the Australian Football Media Association for an unprecedented tenth time. 2016 – Retired with a total of eleven. 2017 – Was named the WA Sports Star of the Year at the West Australian of the Year awards 2018 – Perth Stadium's Media Centre named as the 'Dennis Cometti Media Centre' 2018 – Sport Australia Media Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 – Sport Australia Hall of Fame General Member 2020 – Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee 2021 – West Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee Cometti is a member of both the Melbourne Cricket Club and AFMA Halls of Fame, as well as the number-one ticket holder for the Perth Wildcats. Dennis Cometti is the name of an Australian punk band, named in Cometti's honour. Poet Mick Colliss performed a poem entitled "Centimetre Perfect" that paid tribute to Cometti on a 6NA, the radio station where Cometti got his start. Personal life Cometti was born in Geraldton. He is married to Velia. They have two children, daughter Ricki (born 1979) and son Mark (born in 1983). Mark was a professional wrestler (The Outback Silverback) in Orlando, Florida for six years. References External links Official website AFL Song co-written by Dennis and James McKenna 1949 births Living people Australian rules football commentators Australian cricket commentators Australian television presenters Australian people of Italian descent Australian people of English descent Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia West Perth Football Club players West Perth Football Club coaches Triple M presenters Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees