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Dickie Davies

Dickie Davies – born 30 April 1928 – is a former sports presenter at ITV.

His first job in broadcasting was as an announcer for Southern Television.

Davies then began working on World of Sport in 1965 as an understudy to Eamonn Andrews – taking over the role of presenter in 1968 when Andrews left the show.

After World of Sport ended in 1985, Davies stayed with ITV, presenting boxing, darts, and snooker, as well as playing a part in their coverage of the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He left ITV Sport in August 1989.

After leaving ITV, Davies joined the original incarnation of Eurosport and presented sports bulletins from his home for Classic FM in its early days as its inaugural sports editor.

In 1995, Davies suffered a stroke, which forced him to give up his work on Classic FM.

Davies died on 19th February 2023 at the age of 94.

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