fullname death_place death_date refereecomp birth_place refereeappearances refereeyearend refereeyearstart source article_title name
donald william macdonald darlinghurst , new south wales , australia 12 june 1994 new south wales rugby league tempe , new south wales , australia 157 1979 1967 -lsb- http://stats.rleague.com/rl/misc/referees.html rleague.com -rsb- don macdonald
 don macdonald
don macdonald

donald william `` don '' macdonald -lrb- died 12 june 1994 -rrb- was an australian rugby league referee and administrator .
macdonald began his refereeing career in the newtown district junior rugby league .
he was subsequently graded to referee in the new south wales rugby league -lrb- nswrl -rrb- , gaining his first first-grade match in 1967 .
he went on to control over 150 top grade matches in a career that lasted until 1979 .
macdonald was a no-nonsense referee who was not averse to sending off players for violent play or dissent , including craig young , johnny greaves and ron raper , steve kneen , kevin ryan , paul sait , graham olling and bill ashurst .
macdonald was also involved in some volatile situations after matches , being pelted with fruit and cans by irate spectators , and doused with beer .
after he retired from refereeing , macdonald was elected as president of the nswrl referees association from 1980 to 1984 .
he also served on the referees examination board for a number of years .
macdonald was awarded life membership of the nswrl referees association in 1976 .
