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Scot Palmer's Punchlines - VFL 1988 Rd 5
Scot Palmer (born 25 March 1937 in Richmond) is an Australian sports journalist. He is the only son of legendary sports and crime reporter, Clyde Palmer , who worked on the Morning Post, The Sun News-Pictorial and The Truth. His character was portrayed by Graham Kennedy in the ABC Television drama Power Without Glory.
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Journalism career
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. 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. His catch-cry "Keep on punchin'", and relays back to commentators Peter Landy and Sandy Roberts made him even more well known.
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. Best known for his work on Australian rules 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 and Wimbledon tennis, and appeared with Jack Thompson in the football movie 'The Club', playing the role of 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, Palmer has two children and three grandchildren.