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Joe McNamee

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Joe McNamee
Personal information
Born(1926-09-24)September 24, 1926
San Francisco, California
DiedJuly 16, 2011(2011-07-16) (aged 84)
Greenbrae, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High schoolSaint Ignatius
(San Francisco, California)
CollegeSan Francisco (1946–1950)
NBA draft1950: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Rochester Royals
Playing career1950–1952
PositionPower forward / center
Number20, 13
Career history
1950–1951Rochester Royals
1951–1952Baltimore Bullets
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points289 (2.4 ppg)
Rebounds238 (2.5) rpg)
Assists58 (0.5 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

John Joseph McNamee (September 24, 1926 – July 16, 2011) was an American professional basketball player.[1]

A 6′6″ forward/center from the University of San Francisco, McNamee played two seasons (1950–1952) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Rochester Royals and Baltimore Bullets. He averaged 2.4 points per game in his career and won a league championship with Rochester in 1951. Joe went on to have a long and successful career in sales for Watson and Meehan, a distributor of Cummins engines. Joe and his wife Alice had eight kids (Sharon, John, Pattie, Casey, Dennis, Peter, Steve and Jim) and 11 grandchildren.

Career statistics

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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
 †  Won an NBA championship

NBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1950–51† Rochester 60 .287 .643 1.7 .3 2.1
1951–52 Rochester 24 4.9 .194 .333 1.0 .1 .6
1951–52 Baltimore 34 17.0 .325 .636 3.3 1.1 4.5
Career 118 12.0 .298 .620 2.0 .5 2.4

Playoffs

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Year Team GP FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1951† Rochester 13 .293 .750 2.7 .7 2.5

References

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  1. ^ SFGate obituary retrieved 25/7/2011
  2. ^ "Joe McNamee". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
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