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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: one-eyed on January 15, 2022, 06:01:22 PM
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Legendary Australian sports journalist and sports editor Scot Palmer has died, aged 84, after a lifetime’s dedication to his craft.
The man whose catchcry Keep Punching and whose columns kept generations of readers informed and entertained for more than five decades was one of the most loved and respected footy scribes in the country.
He was also one of the first multimedia performers, using his exceptionally popular Palmer’s Punchlines column in the Sunday Press, the Sunday Sun and Sunday Herald Sun to build his profile with a side career on television with Channel 7 as well as on breakfast radio with 3UZ (now RSN).
“His ‘Palmer’s Punchlines’ segment was compulsory viewing across the years for generations of footy supporters on television, while his first love remained newspapers.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/legendary-journalist-scot-palmer-dies-aged-84/news-story/4ad15fc8c6276fb104b96d1e92cf5289
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Not great news. Was it Covid?
RIP Scotty keep punching.
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RIP
Legend
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Had the pleasure of meeting Scott Palmer about 10 years ago
Couldn't meet a nicer more caring bloke. His wife Lorraine is a gem too.
RIP Scotty
Vale
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Not great news. Was it Covid?
RIP Scotty keep punching.
One of the greats. And no not COVID, cancer got him.
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Out of a vault.
Scot Palmer BEFORE the "keep punching" catchphrase?
Here you go. From the night of the 1980 Grand Final.
https://twitter.com/rhettrospective/status/1482311408142655491