[2] A brilliant fly-half, Mackker McCabe was a member of the Australian rugby union team, which won the gold medal, with McCabe scoring two tries in the gold medal victory.

On his return to Australia, he joined the fledgling code of rugby league along with 13 of his Olympic teammates.

He played for five seasons with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, finishing his career with a premiership win in 1914.

He was so highly praised by the press that they dubbed him The Will-O'-The-Wisp, a phrase that became synonymous with McCabe.

[4] Arthur McCabe died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Morehead Street, Redfern on 30 July 1924, age 37.