McGuire, Dick

Dick McGuire
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Name	McGuire, Dick Gender: M
Birthname	Richard Joseph McGuire
born on	25 January 1926
Place	New York NY, USA, 40n42, 74w00
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source	Date w/o time Rodden Rating X Collector: Lehman
Astrology data	05°00' or

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Biography

American athlete, a pro basketball player who led his team, the New York Knicks, to three consecutive league finals. He was drafted by the Knicks in March 1949, after a stint in the Army during WWII. In his rookie season he set a record for assists and he went on to play in seven all-star games. He was traded to the Detroit team in 1957. His illustrious record carried into the second part of his career as the coach and scout. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993.

He and his wife who married in 1956 had four children, a daughter and three sons.

He suffered an aortic aneurysm and died on February 3, 2010 in Huntington, NY. At age 84, he had just been about to leave home for a scouting trip for his beloved sport.

Relationships

• sibling relationship with McGuire, Al (born 7 September 1928)

Events

• Work : Prize 1993 (Basketball Hall of Fame)

• Death by Disease 3 February 2010 (Of an aortic aneurysm, age 84)
• Work : New Career March 1949 (pro basketball)

Source Notes

Dr. J. Lee Lehman quotes a sport almanac for date; time unknown; PT notes that the Basketball Hall of Fame and Basketball-Reference.com list the same date; however his obituary in the NY Times gives Jan 26, 1926 as his birth date (in New York City)

Categories

• Vocation : Sports : Basketball

• Vocation : Sports Business : Coach/ Manager/ Owner

• Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame

• Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Four)

• Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (age 84)

• Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease

• Family : Childhood : Family noted (Brother of Al McGuire, another Hall-of-Famer)