Everton first covered snooker for BBC Radio in 1972, when Alex Higgins won his first world title.
His network television commentary career began at the 1978 World Championships, working with Ted Lowe and Jack Karnehm during the boom years of the 1980s before becoming the lead commentator in the 1990s.
Hunton told WST, external How his friends developed their unique styles.
“His comments were known for their simplicity, brevity and precision. Not a word was wasted. He spoke only when necessary,” he said.
“When he does it, it’s worth listening to. ‘Warning: Genius at work,’ that’s how he once summed up Jimmy White’s century.
“Ray Reardon was a six-time world champion in the ’70s, Steve Davis was a six-time world champion in the ’80s, but for Stephen Hendry To win seven titles in the 1990s, it was a great achievement,” he said when Hendry won in 1999. His summary of Sean Murphy’s shock world title win in 2005. “
When Ronnie O’Sullivan scored his 1,000th century in 2019, Everton commented: “It’s a storybook ending.”
As a player, Everton reached the 1975 and 1977 World Amateur Pool semi-finals and rose to 9th in the world table tennis rankings and 47th in snooker.
In a diverse career, he has also covered Wimbledon for the Times of India, rugby for the Sunday Telegraph and football for The Times.
Everton played 13 years of tennis for Worcestershire until 1974 and wrote a book with Ann Jones after winning Wimbledon in 1969.
He also managed Jonah Barrington when he became world number one in squash.
