[1] A member of the Stolen Generations, Kilmurray was born in Wiluna but raised in the Sister Kate orphanage in Queens Park, where he met Graham 'Polly' Farmer.
He was a good exponent of the flick pass and won East Perth's Best and Fairest in 1958, breaking teammate Graham Farmer's sequence of four in a row.
That year he also won a Sandover Medal as best player in the competition as voted for by the umpires.
He was a three time premiership player with East Perth and represented Western Australia at interstate football on four occasions.
[5] After retiring from WAFL football due to a knee injury, Kilmurray returned to Kenwick to both play and coach.