(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.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
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.
^Knicks Hall of Famer Dick McGuire dies at 84 from USA Today February 3, 2010
^ abLitsky, 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
^ ab"Basketball-Reference.com: Dick McGuire". Retrieved February 5, 2010.
^"Dick McGuire NBA Coaching Record - basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
^"McGuire dies at 84". ESPN. February 3, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
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