Richie Guerin
Guerin in February 2014
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 29, 1932 Bronx, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Mount Saint Michael Academy (Bronx, New York) |
| College | Iona (1951–1954) |
| NBA draft | 1954 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17th overall |
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |
| Playing career | 1956–1970 |
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 9, 15, 18, 19 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1956–1963 | New York Knicks |
| 1963–1967 1968–1970 |
St. Louis / Atlanta Hawks |
| As coach: | |
| 1964–1972 | St. Louis / Atlanta Hawks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Points | 14,676 (17.3 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 4,278 (5.0 rpg) |
| Assists | 4,211 (5.0 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
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Richard Vincent "Richie" Guerin (born May 29, 1932) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. The 6'4" (1.93 m) Guerin 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.
He 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.
As a high-scoring point guard in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Richie Guerin was one of the most talented and best-loved players ever to wear a New York Knicks jersey. His feisty on-court style and wisecracking off-court demeanor played well to Madison Square Garden crowds.
Guerin was a machinelike scorer, a gifted passer, a smart playmaker, and one of the best rebounding and driving guards of his era. He led the Knicks in assists for five consecutive seasons and in scoring three times during his seven full seasons in the Big Apple, and he tallied more than 20 points per game in four consecutive years. The explosive Guerin also set Knicks single-game records for scoring, with 57 points in 1959, and assists, with 21 in 1958. His 57-point game stood as a Knicks record until Bernard King scored 60 on Christmas Day in 1984.
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