In 1989, McBurnie received the Trinity Cross, the highest national award in Trinidad and Tobago then, for Promotion of the Arts.
During his reign as the 100 metre Olympic champion, he also appeared on postage stamps and was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's highest honour, Trinity Cross, in 1978.
Victoria Cross | International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement | American Red Cross | Trinity College | Trinity | Military Cross | Trinity Broadcasting Network | Distinguished Service Cross | Christian cross | London King's Cross railway station | International Committee of the Red Cross | Navy Cross | Distinguished Service Cross (United States) | cross-country skiing | Iron Cross | Holy Trinity | David Cross | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | Trinity Mirror | Trinity College, Oxford | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | Cross River State | St George's Cross | Charing Cross | Stations of the Cross | Holy Trinity Church | Holy Cross | George Cross | Cross |