The National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame was established on June 16, 2005. The National Lacrosse League

National Lacrosse League

The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...

 (NLL) has 7 teams in the United States

United States

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 and 3 in Canada

Canada

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. The NLL's board of governors will vote in the hall of fame members based on the individual’s record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the team or teams that individual was affiliated with or the league. The league will also have contributions of journalists and broadcasters inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Currently, there is no building or location associated with the NLL Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

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. The Hall is maintained by the NLL based in New York City

New York City

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Charter members

Inducted, February 23, 2006

• Russ Cline
  Russ Cline
  Russ Cline was a co-founder of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League on March 13, 1986. Russ is President/Owner of the Philadelphia Wings organization. They actually Operated as The Major Indoor Lacrosse League on all their Programs and Advertising.Cline served as Executive Vice President for the...
  
  
• Chris Fritz
  Chris Fritz
  Chris Fritz was a co-founder of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League on May 13, 1987.Fritz was the league's first President. In June 2005, it was announced that Chris would be inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame along with Russ Cline, Paul Gait, Gary Gait and Les Bartley...
  
  
• Gary Gait
  Gary Gait
  Gary Charles Gait is widely regarded as the best lacrosse player of all time, just above his twin brother Paul. He has starred at the NCAA level at Syracuse University, at the professional level in the National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse, and at the international level for the...
  
  
• Paul Gait
  Paul Gait
  Paul Gait is widely regarded as one of the best lacrosse players of all time and is the current Vice President of the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League...
  
  
• Les Bartley
  Les Bartley
  Les Bartley was a renowned lacrosse coach. He led the Buffalo Bandits to 3 of their 4 championships in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League , and won 4 more championships with the Toronto Rock in the renamed National Lacrosse League .-Buffalo Bandits:Bartley became the assistant coach of the Bandits...
  
  

2007 Inductees

Inducted February 16, 2007

• Tom Marechek
  Tom Marechek
  Tom "Hollywood" Marechek is a retired professional lacrosse player. He currently coaches the Friends School of Baltimore's boys' varsity lacrosse team in Baltimore, Maryland...
  
  
• Darris Kilgour
  Darris Kilgour
  Darris Kilgour is the head coach and general manager of the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League. Kilgour also played for the Bandits for 8 seasons, before finishing his playing career with the Rochester Knighthawks and Albany Attack. He won three championships with the Bandits, and is...
  
  
• Mike French
  Michael French (lacrosse)
  Michael "Mike" G. French was a three time All-American lacrosse player at Cornell University from 1974 to 1976, teaming with fellow lacrosse Hall of Fame members Eamon McEneaney, Dan Mackesey, Bill Marino, Tom Marino, Bob Hendrickson, Chris Kane, and Richie Moran to lead the Cornell Big Red to the...
  
  
• Tom Borrelli
  Tom Borrelli Award
  The Tom Borrelli Award is presented by the National Lacrosse League to "the league's most outstanding newspaper writer or columnist". The award is named for Tom Borrelli , a writer for The Buffalo News who covered the Buffalo Bandits from the team's inception in 1992 to his death in 2008...
  
  

2008 Inductees

Inducted February 28, 2008

• Sal LoCascio
  Sal LoCascio
  Sal LoCascio is a hall of fame lacrosse goaltender and coach.During his playing career, Locascio excelled as both a field lacrosse goalkeeper and a box lacrosse goaltender, two very different positions...
  
  
• Johnny Mouradian
• Tony Resch
  Tony Resch
  Tony Resch was the head coach of the Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse. Resch graduated from Yale University, where he was a two-time All-American and three-time All-Ivy League player. He is the former head coach of the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League from 1994 to...
  
  
• Neil Stevens
  Neil Stevens
  Neil Stevens is a Canadian sportswriter who has covered numerous sports, including ice hockey, indoor lacrosse, the Olympic Games, and figure skating. He received his first newspaper job in 1970, having previously played lacrosse, and in 1974 began working for the Canadian Press...
  
  

2010 Inductees

Inducted September 9, 2010

• Rich Kilgour
• Dan Stroup
  Dan Stroup
  Dan Stroup is a coach for the Washington Stealth of the National Lacrosse League. Prior to his retirement, Stroup played for several teams over a 13-season career which included winning the Champion's Cup four times: three with the Toronto Rock, and one with the Colorado...
  
  
• John Tucker
  John Tucker (lacrosse)
  John Tucker is a retired American professional lacrosse player and the former head coach of the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League.-Playing career:...
  
  

External links

• Hall of Fame website
• National Lacrosse League website