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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Dick McGuire
Career at a glance
Dick McGuire played 11 NBA regular seasons between 1949 and 1960, appearing in 738 games and averaging 8.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: New York (1949–57, 530 games), Detroit (1957–60, 208 games). His best scoring season was 1951–52 with New York: 9.2 points per game over 64 games.
In the playoffs he appeared in 9 postseason runs (63 games, 8.3 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 5,900 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Dick McGuire
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, and was among the league's top ten playmakers for ten of his 11 seasons. 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. 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. 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.
- Born
- January 25, 1926 The Bronx, New York, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Listed weight
- 180 lb (82 kg)
- Position
- Point guard
- High school
- La Salle Academy (New York City, New York)
- College
- St. John's (1943–1944, 1946–1949) Dartmouth (1944)
- Playing career
- 1949–1960
Career highlights and awards
- 7× NBA All-Star (1951, 1952, 1954–1956, 1958, 1959)
- All-NBA Second Team (1951)
- NBA assists leader (1950)
- No. 15 retired by New York Knicks
- Second-team All-American – SN (1944)
- Third-team All-American – UPI (1949)
- 2× Haggerty Award (1944, 1949)
- NBA champion (1973)
Career statistics
| 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 |
| 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 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 0″
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Position
- Point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- Not listed
- Draft pick
- Undrafted / not listed
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