Scot Palmer
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Scot Palmer is an Australian sports journalist
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A long-time writer for The Sun, the Sunday Press, Sunday Sun and Sunday Herald Sun, he is best known as a columnist for the "Punchlines" segment on Sundays. He has also appeared on the Seven Network
as a regular during half-time breaks of AFL
matches and on HSV7's Sunday football panel over two decades He catchcry "Keep on punchin', and relays back to commentators Peter Landy and Sandy Roberts made him even more well known.
Palmer is the only son of legendary sports and crime reporter, the late Clyde Palmer, who worked on the Morning Post, The Sun News Pictorial and Truth. His character was portrayed by the late Graham Kennedy in the well read 'Power Without Glory'. Scot started as a copy boy on The Sun, covering a wide variety of general work before winning the Herald @ Weekly Times overseas scholarship and moving on to sport. Best known for his work on AFL football, Scot was one of the founders and a former president of the Football Writers Association, now the AFL Media Association. He also covered nine Olympic Games, Wimbledon tennis and did appear with Jack Thompson in the famous football movie 'The Club' playing the role as a reporter. A member of the MCG Media Hall of Fame, he retired from the Sunday Herald Sun as Associate Editor in 2008 but was retained by the Herald and Weekly Times to continue writing his Punchlines column.Married for over 50 years to Lorraine, Scot has two children Jodee and Lincoln and three grandchildren.
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A long-time writer for The Sun, the Sunday Press, Sunday Sun and Sunday Herald Sun, he is best known as a columnist for the "Punchlines" segment on Sundays. He has also appeared on the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
as a regular during half-time breaks of AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
matches and on HSV7's Sunday football panel over two decades He catchcry "Keep on punchin', and relays back to commentators Peter Landy and Sandy Roberts made him even more well known.
Palmer is the only son of legendary sports and crime reporter, the late Clyde Palmer, who worked on the Morning Post, The Sun News Pictorial and Truth. His character was portrayed by the late Graham Kennedy in the well read 'Power Without Glory'. Scot started as a copy boy on The Sun, covering a wide variety of general work before winning the Herald @ Weekly Times overseas scholarship and moving on to sport. Best known for his work on AFL football, Scot was one of the founders and a former president of the Football Writers Association, now the AFL Media Association. He also covered nine Olympic Games, Wimbledon tennis and did appear with Jack Thompson in the famous football movie 'The Club' playing the role as a reporter. A member of the MCG Media Hall of Fame, he retired from the Sunday Herald Sun as Associate Editor in 2008 but was retained by the Herald and Weekly Times to continue writing his Punchlines column.Married for over 50 years to Lorraine, Scot has two children Jodee and Lincoln and three grandchildren.