Tommy Palmer, the founder and former host of the Georgia High School Scoreboard Radio Show, died Thursday night after a long battle with lung cancer, the Georgia High School Association and GPB Sports announced on Twitter.
Palmer revealed in May that he had been battling cancer since Aug. 17 and would enter hospice care after being given the diagnosis the his cancer was terminal.
Palmer grew up in Claxton and worked in radio for 60 years, starting at age 16. He began work in TV in 1981. He began producing and hosting the Scoreboard Show in 2005. It reached a network of more than 50 stations in the state and took callers after the games who shared details of games they attended. Palmer also would interview coaches.
Palmer has broadcast more than 900 sporting events in his career and was best known in TV as a commentator on GPB’s broadcasts of the football finals.
Palmer also wrote blogs for GPB Sports for the past six years and was a panelist on “Football Fridays in Georgia” podcast.
