Dave Lanning (1938-2016) *78
This memorial website was created in memory of Dave Lanning, 78, born on March 24, 1938 and passed away on October 29, 2016.
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was an English sports commentator and journalist. He was brought up in Poole and educated at Poole Grammar School. He was one of the commentators for Sky Sports' coverage of the Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.
He covered the first PDC World Darts Championship with John Gwynne in 1994 and was ever present with the company for over 16 years, commentating on all their televised tournaments on Sky. Prior to the 2011 World Championship, Lanning announced that he had retired from commentating.
As part of ITV's World of Sport's original roster of commentators, he commentated on the first ever televised nine dart finish hit by John Lowe against Keith Deller on 13 October 1984. He commentated on all darts tournaments and World of Sport darts action broadcast on ITV from 1972 to 1988. He also commentated on speedway, a sport he knew well having been installed as the promoter of the West Ham team in 1966. He provided the commentary for The Indoor League and occasionally covered football for Southern Television in the mid-to-late 1970s. Lanning came out of retirement on New Year's Day 2013 when he commentated on Sky's 3D coverage of the PDC World Championship final.
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