He won his first All-Ireland Championship title as a non-playing substitute in his debut season, before claiming two further winners' medals on the field of play in 1959 and 1962.
[2][3] McAuliffe also won six Munster Championship titles and was involved in two National League title-winning teams.
Following the conclusion of his inter-county career, he enjoyed success at club level by winning a County Championship title as captain of Shannon Rangers in 1964.
McAuliffe spent his working life as a publican and owner of a scaffolding business in his native Duagh.
He died aged 65 at the Bon Secours Hospital in Tralee on 9 March 1999, after battling illness for the previous seven years.