[1] These games marked the introduction of winter sports to the Olympic program (competed in April 1920); Canada won its first gold medal for ice hockey.

[3] He oversaw travel arrangements for the national team to the remainder of the 1920 Summer Olympics which began in August.

[4] The boxers which he helped select won one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals for Canada.

Macdonald's fifth-place finish in the 50 kilometres was the best result of the Games for the Canadian cyclists.

The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) chose the Winnipeg Falcons as the 1920 Allan Cup champions to represent the Canada men's national team in ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics, instead of forming a national all-star team on short notice.

[8][9] He and his wife were a father and mother figure to the Falcons,[10] and sailed with them aboard SS Melita from Saint John to Liverpool, then onto Antwerp.

[11] Hewitt introduced the CAHA rules of play to the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG) at the Olympics.

[14] The Falcons and the Hewitts returned home aboard SS Grampian from Le Havre to Quebec City.