Des Palmer

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|fullname = Desmond Frederick Palmer

|birth_date = {{birth date|1931|09|23|df=y}}

|birth_place = Swansea, Wales

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|position = Forward

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|years1 = 1952–1959

|clubs1 = Swansea Town

|caps1 = 84

|goals1 = 38

|years2 = 1959–1960

|clubs2 = Liverpool

|caps2 = 0

|goals2 = 0

|years3 = 1960-1961

|clubs3 = Johannesburg Ramblers

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|years4 = 1961–1962

|clubs4 = Derby County

|caps4 = 18

|goals4 = 6

|years5 = 1963–1964

|clubs5 = Slavia-Port Melbourne

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|years6 = 1965

|clubs6 = SSC Yugal

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|years7 = 1965

|clubs7 = Adamstown

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|nationalyears1 = 1957

|nationalteam1 = Wales

|nationalcaps1 = 3

|nationalgoals1 = 3

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Desmond "Des" Frederick Palmer (born 23 September 1931) is a retired Welsh male international football forward. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 3 matches and scoring 3 goals. He played his first match on 26 May 1957 against Czechoslovakia and his last match on 19 October 1957 against England.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_players.php?id=218|title=Wales player database 1872 to 2013|publisher=eu-football.info|accessdate=30 April 2016}} He scored a hat-trick during the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification of the match against East Germany on 25 September 1957. On club level he played for Swansea City A.F.C. between 1952 and 1959.{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/35367/Des_Palmer.html|title=Desmond Frederick Palmer|publisher=national-football-teams.com|accessdate=30 April 2016}} He then moved to Liverpool, but didn't play a match for their senior team. He had a successful stint with Johannesburg Ramblers before playing a final season (1961–62) in England with Derby County F.C. during which he made 18 appearances and scored 6 goals.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/P/PA.html|title=Australian Player Database - PA|publisher=Ozfootball.net}}

After this, Palmer moved to Australia and played two seasons with Port Melbourne Slavia in the Victorian State League. He guided his team to victory in the 1963 Australia Cup, scoring a hat-trick in their 3–2 win in the Final Replay against Polonia Melbourne.{{cite web|url=https://www.elitetograssroots.net/qbst/1_australia_cup/ac1963.htm#report|title=Australia Cup 1963 – Results (Final Report)|date=14 September 2017 |accessdate=10 August 2018 |author=Andrew Robinson}}