Herbert George De Lorme Macdonald (1902–1991), KBE, was a Jamaican footballer, tennis player, writer, sports administrator and promoter.
Macdonald was reported to have approached Prime Minister Norman Manley and opposition leader Sir Alexander Bustamante with the suggestion of building a stadium for the Games.
He was a principal organiser - with Roy Anthony Bridge - of the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games which were held at the National Stadium.
In 1967 he was awarded the Olympic Diploma of Merit and was made Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his life's work after the hosting of the Commonwealth Games.
[1][2] A bust in his honour was created by Jamaican sculptor Alvin Marriott and it is now in Independence Park.