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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.
Richie Guerin
Career at a glance
Richie Guerin played 13 NBA regular seasons between 1956 and 1970, appearing in 848 games and averaging 17.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game. He played for 3 teams: New York (1956–64, 518 games), St. Louis (1963–67, 295 games), Atlanta (1968–70, 35 games). His best scoring season was 1961–62 with New York: 29.5 points per game over 78 games.
In the playoffs he appeared in 7 postseason runs (42 games, 15.6 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 14,700 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 Richie Guerin
Richard Vincent Guerin (born May 29, 1932) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) New York Knicks from 1956 to 1963 and was a player-coach of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks franchise where he spent nine years. On February 15, 2013, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Guerin had been elected as one of its 2013 inductees.
Guerin served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 1947 to 1954. While a reservist, Guerin attended Iona College from 1950 to 1954 where he scored 1,375 points in 67 games playing for coach Jim McDermott. After graduation, Guerin served on active duty at Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia for two years.
The Knicks drafted Guerin with the 8th pick in the second round of the 1954 NBA draft while still on active duty. After leaving the Marine Corps, Guerin would begin his professional basketball career in 1956.
- Born
- May 29, 1932 (age 94) Bronx, New York, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Listed weight
- 195 lb (88 kg)
- Position
- Guard
- High school
- Mount Saint Michael Academy (Bronx, New York)
- College
- Iona (1951–1954)
- NBA draft
- 1954: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1956–1970
Career highlights and awards
- 6× NBA All-Star (1958–1963)
- 3× All-NBA Second Team (1959, 1960, 1962)
- NBA Coach of the Year (1968)
- 2x NBA All-Star Game head coach (1969, 1970)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956–57 | New York | 72 | 24.9 | .368 | .620 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 9.7 |
| 1957–58 | New York | 63 | 37.6 | .354 | .691 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 16.5 |
| 1958–59 | New York | 71 | 36.0 | .424 | .802 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 18.2 |
| 1959–60 | New York | 74 | 32.8 | .420 | .773 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 21.8 |
| 1960–61 | New York | 79 | 38.3 | .396 | .792 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 21.8 |
| 1961–62 | New York | 78 | 42.9 | .442 | .820 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 29.5 |
| 1962–63 | New York | 79 | 34.3 | .432 | .848 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 21.5 |
| 1963–64 | New York | 2 | 13.0 | .688 | .800 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 1963–64 | St. Louis | 78 | 30.0 | .410 | .819 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 13.1 |
| 1964–65 | St. Louis | 57 | 29.4 | .446 | .767 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 14.4 |
| 1965–66 | St. Louis | 80 | 29.5 | .415 | .812 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 14.9 |
| 1966–67 | St. Louis | 80 | 28.4 | .436 | .731 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 13.7 |
| 1968–69 | Atlanta | 27 | 17.5 | .423 | .770 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 5.6 |
| 1969–70 | Atlanta | 8 | 8.0 | .273 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| Career | 848 | 32.4 | .416 | .780 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 17.3 | |
| All-Star | 6 | 20.3 | .411 | .654 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 10.5 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | New York | 2 | 38.5 | .257 | .857 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 15.0 |
| 1964 | St. Louis | 12 | 35.7 | .444 | .788 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 18.1 |
| 1965 | St. Louis | 4 | 31.3 | .385 | .760 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 17.3 |
| 1966 | St. Louis | 10 | 39.9 | .453 | .816 | 3.7 | s7.9 | 20.6 |
| 1967 | St. Louis | 9 | 25.3 | .419 | .800 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 10.7 |
| 1969 | Atlanta | 3 | 10.7 | .250 | .500 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| 1970 | Atlanta | 2 | 28.0 | .619 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 16.5 |
| Career | 42 | 32.0 | .429 | .803 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 15.6 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 4″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Position
- Guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1954
- Draft pick
- Round 2 · Pick 17
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