Past Player of the Week – Philip Verco

After showing promise as a Norwood forward, Philip Verco became a company director and Adelaide establishment figure for some four decades before his life ended tragically.

Philip was born in Salisbury on 20 March 1882 to financier and flourmiller Richard Verco and his wife Rebecca (née Armour).  Philip had a brother, Frank, and two sisters, Elsie and Constance (the latter’s architect husband Eric McMichael would design Verco Building on North Terrace).

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