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.

Dick McGuire

Personal information
Born	(1926-01-25)January 25, 1926 The Bronx, New York, U.S.[1]
Died	February 3, 2010(2010-02-03) (aged 84) Huntington, New York, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	La Salle Academy (New York City, New York)
College	St. John's (1943–1944, 1946–1949) Dartmouth (1944)
BAA draft	1949: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1949–1960
Position	Point guard
Number	15
Career history
As player:
1949–1957	New York Knicks
1957–1960	Detroit Pistons
As coach:
1959–1963	Detroit Pistons
1965–1968	New York Knicks
1972–1979	New York Knicks (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player: 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) As assistant coach: NBA champion (1973)
Career statistics
Points	5,921 (8.0 ppg)
Rebounds	2,784 (4.2 rpg)
Assists	4,205 (5.7 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Basketball Hall of Fame
Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

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. 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. "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.

External links

• BasketballReference.com: Dick McGuire (as coach)
• BasketballReference.com: Dick McGuire (as player)
• Dick McGuire at IMDb