| Birth Date: | September 10, 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 190 |
| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Played For: | Los Angeles Kings New Jersey Devils |
| Draft: | 85th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1976 |
| Draft Team: | Los Angeles Kings |
| Wha Draft: | 102nd overall |
| Wha Draft Year: | 1976 |
| Wha Draft Team: | Calgary Cowboys |
| Career Start: | 1977 |
| Career End: | 1986 |
Robert Ross Palmer (September 10, 1956 – June 26, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 320 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils between 1977 and 1984. As a youth, he played in the 1968 and 1969 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with minor ice hockey teams from Toronto.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1973–74 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 36 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 40 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 42 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 45 | 5 | 37 | 42 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 48 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 78 | 4 | 41 | 45 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1979–80 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 78 | 4 | 36 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1980–81 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Houston Apollos | CHL | 28 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Indianapolis Checkers | CHL | 27 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1981–82 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 41 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1982–83 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 60 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 38 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 33 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | ||
| 1984–85 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 79 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1985–86 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 73 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NHL totals | 320 | 9 | 101 | 110 | 115 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||