Joe McNamee
Height6 ft
Height in6
Weight lb210
Birth dateSeptember 24, 1926
Death dateJuly 16, 2011 (aged 84)
Birth placeSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Death placeGreenbrae, California, U.S.
High schoolSaint Ignatius
(San Francisco, California)
CollegeSan Francisco (1946–1950)
Draft year1950
Draft round1
Draft pick9
Draft teamRochester Royals
Career start1950
Career end1952
Career number20, 13
Years 1–
Team 1Rochester Royals
Team 2Baltimore Bullets
Highlights
Stat1labelPoints
Stat1value289 (2.4 ppg)
Stat2labelRebounds
Stat2value238 (2.5) rpg)
Stat3labelAssists
Stat3value58 (0.5 apg)
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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

NBA

Source:[2]

Regular season

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
1950–51†Rochester60.287.6431.7.32.1
1951–52Rochester244.9.194.3331.0.1.6
Baltimore3417.0.325.6363.31.14.5
Career11812.0.298.6202.0.52.4

Playoffs

YearTeamGPFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
1951†Rochester13.293.7502.7.72.5

References

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