Ken Piesse

{{Short description|Australian sports journalist}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}

Kendrick Bruce Piesse (born 1955){{cite web |title=Piesse, Ken (1955-) |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/638263 |website=National Library of Australia |accessdate=2 March 2020}} is a Melbourne-based Australian sports journalist, commentator, after-dinner speaker and bookseller. He has written or edited many books and other publications, mostly focusing on cricket and Australian rules football.[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Piesse,%20Ken%22&iknowwhatimean=1 "Ken Piesse"], National Library of Australia, Accessed 5 March 2010.{{cite web |title=About Ken Piesse |url=https://www.cricketbooks.com.au/ken-piesse/ |website=Cricketbooks.com.au |accessdate=2 March 2020}}

Piesse also appears on radio station Sport 927 with regular updates on news in the world of sport.Sport 927, "Ken Piesse's Cricket Yarns", {{cite web |url=http://www.sport927.com.au/gateway/cricket/Ken%20Piesse/210305.asp |title=Untitled Document |accessdate=2010-03-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029233153/http://www.sport927.com.au/gateway/cricket/Ken%20Piesse/210305.asp |archivedate=29 October 2009 |df=dmy-all }} Accessed 5 March 2010 In 2018 he wrote his 76th book, Pep, a biography of the Australian cricketer Cec Pepper.