
Rich Kilgour
Tuscarora
Induction Category:
Year Inducted
Athlete/Coach
2026
Brothers Rich and Darris Kilgour played with each other and never against each other. In the beginning they played for both the St. Catharine’s Athletics Jr. A lacrosse team, where they won a Minto Cup together in 1990, and then with the Sr. A. Six Nations Chiefs where they won three Mann Cups in 1994-1996.
From 1992-2009, Rich Kilgour played for the Buffalo Bandits, making him one of the longest tenured Bandits in NLL history.
Rich participated in seven NLL Finals and won three of them in 1993, 1996 and 2008. He was the Bandits’ captain for a dozen years and he was also an assistant coach for the Bandits.
By the time he retired after his 18-season NLL career, Kilgour accumulated 94 goals and 223 assists for 317 points. He also picked up over 750 loose balls and won over 300 faceoffs.
Rich scored over 300 points and won over 300 faceoffs in his NLL career.
Rich started playing with the Bandits in 1992 season and he retired after the 2009 season. He was the team captain for 12 seasons between 1998-2009.
As a defenseman, he played 200 regular season games and ended his career with 107 goals, 249 assists, 356 points, 406 faceoff wins, 913 loose balls, and four NLL Championships in 1992, ’93, ’96, and 2008.
Rich and Darris and the Bandits won the MILL Champion’s Cup in the franchise’s inaugural season. The brothers would win two more NLL titles playing together in the ’90s and then won another championship together, with Darris as head coach of the Bandits while Rich was still playing in 2008.
By 2010, both Darris and Rich had been enshrined to the exclusive NLL Hall of Fame.
Sources: Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame and NLL
