1. Richard Vincent Guerin was born on May 29,1932 and is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
29 Facts About Richie Guerin
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On February 15,2013, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Richie Guerin had been elected as one of its 2013 inductees.
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Richie Guerin served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 1947 to 1954.
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Richie Guerin was a high-scoring point guard in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Richie Guerin was a gifted scorer, passer, playmaker, and was one of the most successful rebounding and driving guards of his era.
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Richie Guerin 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.
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Richie Guerin set Knicks single-game records for scoring, with 57 points in 1959, and assists, with 21 in 1958.
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Richard Vincent Richie Guerin was born on May 29,1932, in the Bronx, New York, where he grew up.
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Richie Guerin attended Mount Saint Michael Academy, where he excelled in basketball.
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Richie Guerin attended Iona College in 1950 where he played center for coach Jim McDermott.
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Richie Guerin averaged at least 19.9 points per game in his three years of varsity basketball, and set the freshman team scoring record at the time.
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Richie Guerin was drafted in the second round, the seventeenth overall pick.
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Richie Guerin joined the club in 1956 and quickly established himself.
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Richie Guerin made a team-record 21 assists against St Louis on December 12,1958.
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Richie Guerin ranked sixth in the league in scoring and fourth in assists, and he became the first Knicks player ever to score 2,000 points in a season.
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Richie Guerin ended that season as one of eight NBA players to ever have 2000+ points, 500+ rebounds and 500+ assists in a season.
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Richie Guerin was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the third time in his first six seasons.
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When he left the Knicks, Richie Guerin ranked second on the team's all-time scoring list behind Carl Braun.
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Richie Guerin became the Hawks' player-coach on December 28,1964, replacing Harry Gallatin who was fired despite the Hawks being in second place in the NBA Western Division.
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On May 1,1967, Richie Guerin was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics from the St Louis Hawks in the NBA expansion draft.
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Richie Guerin contributed 31 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists, but his team failed to avoid a four-game sweep.
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Notably, Richie Guerin was Pete Maravich's first pro head coach during those two seasons, and had been responsible for drafting Maravich in the 1970 draft.
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Richie Guerin thought Maravich, who still holds the all-time NCAA scoring record, was as skilled as anyone who ever played.
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Richie Guerin was promoted to general manager on April 24,1972.
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Richie Guerin enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve and served from 1947 to 1954.
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Richie Guerin was awarded the National Defense Service Medal and the Organized Marine Corps Rerserve Medal.
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Richie Guerin was inducted into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Richie Guerin, who has four children and nine grandchildren, now resides in Palm Beach, Florida with his wife, Pat.
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Richie Guerin was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.