John McCauley (referee)

In 1959, he won a Canadian Junior Lacrosse championship as a member of the Brampton Excelsiors.

In 1979, McCauley was assaulted by a fan after a match between the NHL All-Stars and the Soviet Union and sustained a serious injury to his right eye.

[1] McCauley died at age 44 after complications from an emergency gall bladder surgery.

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