Scot Palmer was an Australian sports journalist.
Scot Palmer was born on 25 March 1937.
A long-time writer for The Sun, the Sunday Press, Sunday Sun and Sunday Herald Sun, Scot Palmer is best known as the presenter of the “Punchlines” segment on Channel 7 on Sundays.
Scot Palmer 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.
Scot Palmer 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.
Scot Palmer was one of the founders and a former president of the Football Writers Association, now the AFL Media Association.
Scot Palmer also covered nine Olympic Games and Wimbledon tennis, and appeared with Jack Thompson in the football movie The Club, playing the role of a reporter.
Scot Palmer died on Jan. 15, 2022, aged 84, after a series of health battles.