[5] He married Amelia Sarah Burrell (1880–1959), in Melbourne, on 3 March 1903.

Both of his surviving sons, John Charles "Jack" McCormack (1904–1996) and Eric Rowland McCormack (1905-1997), played First Grade rugby league football in the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) competition.

A centreman, McCormack was a premiership player in each of his two seasons at Collingwood.

He experienced just three losses from his 31 games and in 1904 moved to Western Australia where he continued his football career.

[9] This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1870s is a stub.