He attended the St Aloysius Roman Catholic Boys School from 1934 to 1944 where he was first introduced to football and cricket at the level of inter-school competition.
Mindoo's father was a carpenter, a trade in which he apprenticed for a short time with the Public Works Department in the 1940s, before being hired as the handyman at Victoria Park, then the island's sole first class cricket venue, and home to football, track and field, rugby and a host of cultural events.
His close friend, Stanley French, described Mindoo as "a destroyer of all kinds of bowling and as a gifted all-rounder at home in any part of the field."
In the 1971 New Year Honours Phillips was awarded the British Empire Medal "for services to cricket in Saint Lucia".
[2] Mindoo was the curator of Victoria Park in Marchand up until his death, and one of the island's greatest sports personalities.