Australian Football

Powerfully built, and strong overhead, Port Adelaide ruckman Bob Philp should perhaps have achieved somewhat more than he did during the course of his 133-game SANFL career between 1958 and 1966 and in 1968. (He spent the 1967 season playing in Whyalla.) Philp represented South Australia once. Many of his best performances came when they were most needed, and he was close to best afield in the Grand Final wins of 1963 over North Adelaide and 1965 against Sturt. He was also a member of Port’s 1962 premiership team.

Author - John Devaney