Medo Martinello

Miro Medo Martinello, born on December 6, 1935, in Windsor, Ontario, is a Canadian former box lacrosse player, coach and ice hockey referee of Italian descent. He began playing box lacrosse at twelve and moved through Ontario junior and senior leagues, winning the Ontario Lacrosse Association Senior B title in 1961 with the Leamington Clippers and the Presidents Cup national championship in 1970 and 1971 with the Windsor Clippers and Windsor Warlocks. He played for the Brampton Ramblers in 1962 and had an eight game stint in 1968 with the new professional Detroit Olympics of the National Lacrosse Association. As a coach he led the Windsor Warlocks to Ontario and Eastern Canadian junior titles in 1972 and 1973, the 1975 Quebec Caribous to a professional championship, and the Detroit Turbos of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League to the 1991 title. He also refereed hockey for decades and in 1972 became the first Canadian to referee an NCAA final. He is a member of the Windsor and Essex County Sports Hall of Fame and the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame.