Career
McDermott"s international career consisted exclusively of the 500 m at the Olympic Winter Games of 1960, 1964 and 1968. McDermott was inducted in the National Speedskating Hall of Fame on June 4, 1977. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, McDermott took the Olympic Oath representing the judges.
He currently resides in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Broadcaster Jim McKay once said of McDermott, "Terry is the epitome of an amateur athlete."
On February 9, 1964, McDermott was a guest on The Editor Sullivan Show, an appearance that was overshadowed by the first United States. performance of The Beatles.