Dick McGuire

Dick McGuire
Personal information
Born(1926-01-25)January 25, 1926
The Bronx, New York, U.S.[1]
DiedFebruary 3, 2010(2010-02-03) (aged 84)
Huntington, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolLa Salle Academy
(New York City, New York)
College
BAA draft1949: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career1949–1960
PositionPoint guard
Number15
Career history
As player:
1949–1957New York Knicks
1957–1960Detroit Pistons
As coach:
1959–1963Detroit Pistons
1965–1968New York Knicks
1972–1979New York Knicks (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

Career statistics
Points5,921 (8.0 ppg)
Rebounds2,784 (4.2 rpg)
Assists4,205 (5.7 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference
Basketball Hall of Fame
Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Richard Joseph McGuire (January 26, 1926 – February 3, 2010) was an American professional basketball player and coach. McGuire was one of the premier guards of the 1950s, playing 11 seasons in the NBA (1949–60), eight with the New York Knicks and three with the Detroit Pistons. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993. His number 15 jersey was retired by the Knicks in 1992.

McGuire led the league in assists during his rookie season with a then-record 386 assists,[2] and was among the league's top ten playmakers for ten of his 11 seasons.[3] He was an NBA All-Star seven times (1951,'52, '54-'56, '58, '59), and was named to the All-NBA Second Team in 1951.[3] Dave Cobert portrayed him in the 2023 movie Sweetwater.

McGuire became player-coach for the Pistons in his last season (1959–60), and coached them until 1963. He also coached the Knicks for three seasons, beginning in 1965. He compiled a 197-260 coaching record.[4] McGuire was working as a senior consultant for the Knicks when he died on February 3, 2010, of a ruptured aortic aneurysm at age 84.[5]

McGuire's brother Al was also a prominent figure in basketball who coached Marquette University to the 1977 NCAA basketball championship. They are the only pair of brothers inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[2] His nephew, Allie, also played in the NBA.

The Knicks retired number 15 a second time for McGuire in 1992 (six years earlier, it had been retired for Earl Monroe).

McGuire was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Basketball Category with the Class of 1994.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 *  Led the league

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1949–50 New York 68 – .337 .652 – 5.7 8.6
1950–51 New York 64 – .371 .649 5.2 6.3 8.4
1951–52 New York 64 31.5 .430 .631 5.2 6.1 9.2
1952–53 New York 61 29.2 .381 .569 4.6 4.9 7.2
1953–54 New York 68 34.5 .408 .638 4.6 5.2 9.1
1954–55 New York 71 32.5 .389 .644 4.5 7.6 9.1
1955–56 New York 62 27.2 .347 .637 3.5 5.8 6.9
1956–57 New York 72 16.5 .383 .644 2.0 3.1 5.3
1957–58 Detroit 69 33.5 .373 .667 4.2 6.6 8.1
1958–59 Detroit 71 29.1 .427 .740 4.0 6.2 9.2
1959–60 Detroit 68 21.6 .445 .617 3.9 5.3 7.1
Career 738 28.3 .389 .644 4.2 5.7 8.0
All-Star 7 21.6 .387 .417 3.3 5.4 4.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1950 New York 5 – .423 .731 – 5.4* 12.6
1951 New York 14 – .313 .453 5.9 5.6* 5.3
1952 New York 14 39.0 .449 .570 5.1 6.4* 10.4
1953 New York 11 32.7 .407 .636 5.7 6.4* 7.5
1954 New York 4 17.0 .250 .600 1.0 1.3 2.8
1955 New York 3 25.0 .316 .667 3.0 4.0 6.7
1958 Detroit 7 33.7 .417 .708 4.7 5.7 9.6
1959 Detroit 3 36.3 .625* .636 5.7 6.3 15.7
1960 Detroit 2 21.0 .417 .333 2.0 4.5 5.5
Career 63 32.6 .410 .593 4.9 5.6 8.3

References

  1. ^ Knicks Hall of Famer Dick McGuire dies at 84 from USA Today February 3, 2010
  2. ^ a b Litsky, Frank; Weber, Bruce (February 4, 2010), "Dick McGuire, a Fixture With the Knicks for More Than Half a Century, Dies at 84", The New York Times
  3. ^ a b "Basketball-Reference.com: Dick McGuire". Retrieved February 5, 2010.
  4. ^ "Dick McGuire NBA Coaching Record - basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
  5. ^ "McGuire dies at 84". ESPN. February 3, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2010.