John "Gus" McCauley began his lacrosse career with the Brampton Minor Lacrosse club from 1948-1959. McCauley was called up to play with the Brampton Juniors in the 1959 Minto Cup series and was the youngest player to play in a Minto Cup at 14 and win the title.He toiled with the Brampton Junior A team from 1960-65 and was picked up by the Hastings Legionnaires and Oshawa Green Gaels winning Minto titles in 1961 and 1963 respectively. McCauley played from 1966-68 for the Brampton Senior A Excelsiors. In 139 junior regular season and playoff games, he scored 321 goals and 282 assists for 603 points. He is a member of three Ontario Sports Hall of Fames in individual and team categories. McCauley was also an NHL official from 1979-1981 and the NHL Director of Officiating from 1986-1989.
