Dick McGuire

School: 

St. John's

Height: 
6-0
Position: 
Guard/Forward
Hometown: 
New York, NY
High School: 
LaSalle Academy
  • All-American Recognition: 1947 (National Association of Basketball Coaches 2nd Team) and 1949 (UP3, Converse 4th Team)
  • Averaged 7.7 points in three NCAA Tournament games for runner-up Dartmouth in 1944 as a Navy trainee stationed at the school under the wartime V-12 program
  • Averaged 7 points in two NIT games with St. John's in 1947 and 1949 (0-2 record)
  • Selected by the New York Knicks in first round of 1949 BAA draft (8th pick overall)
  • Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.

Season

G

FGM

FGA

FG%

3PT

3PTA

3PT%

FTM

FTA

FT%

RB

RBA

PTS

AVG

1943-44

21

60

29

52

.558

149

7.1

1946-47

22

64

40

70

.571

168

7.6

1947-48

22

78

73

117

.624

229

10.4

1948-49

24

119

69

121

.570

307

12.8

Totals

89

321

211

360

.586

853

9.6
  • NOTE: McGuire played five games for Dartmouth in 1943-44 (17 FGM, 9-10 FTs, 43 points).