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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (1934–2020)}}
{{for multi|the American baseball player|Johnny McCarthy (baseball)|other people|John McCarthy (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Johnny McCarthy
| image        = John McCarthy 1961.jpg
| caption      =
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 1
| weight_lb    = 185
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1934|4|25}}
| birth_place  = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2020|5|9|1934|4|25}}
| death_place  = Buffalo, New York, U.S.
| high_school  = [[Timon High School|Timon]] (Buffalo, New York)
| college      = [[Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball|Canisius]] (1953–1956)
| draft_year   = 1956
| draft_round  = 4
| draft_pick   = 24
| draft_team   = [[Rochester Royals]]
| career_start = 1956
| career_end   = 1964
| career_number = 7, 26, 15, 21
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| years1       = {{nbay|1956|start}}–{{nbay|1957|end}}
| team1        = [[Cincinnati Royals|Rochester / Cincinnati Royals]]
| years2       = {{nbay|1958|start}}–{{nbay|1961|end}}
| team2        = [[St. Louis Hawks]]
| years3       = 1962–1963
| team3        = [[Pittsburgh Rens]]
| years4       = {{nbay|1963|full=y}}
| team4        = [[Boston Celtics]]
| cyears1      = {{nbay|1971|full=y}}
| cteam1       = [[Buffalo Braves]]
| cyears2      = 1974–1977
| cteam2       = [[Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball|Canisius]]
| highlights   = 
* [[List of NBA champions|NBA champion]] ([[1964 NBA Finals|1964]])
| stats_league=NBA
| stat1label   = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value   = 2,450 (7.8 ppg)
| stat2label   = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value   = 1,145 (3.6 rpg)
| stat3label   = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value   = 1,184 (3.7 apg)
| bbr          = mccarjo01
}}
'''John Joseph McCarthy''' (April 25, 1934 – May 9, 2020) was an American [[basketball]] player and coach.  A {{convert|6|ft|1|in|abbr=on}} [[point guard]], he played [[college basketball]] and was an All-American at [[Canisius College]]. He was selected by the [[Rochester Royals]] in the [[1956 NBA draft]].  He played a total of six seasons in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA)—two for the Royals, three for the [[St. Louis Hawks]], and one for the [[Boston Celtics]].

McCarthy is the first of only four players in NBA history to record a triple-double in his playoff debut, with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists against the [[Minneapolis Lakers]] on March 16, 1960; he was later joined by [[Magic Johnson]] in 1980, [[LeBron James]] in 2006 and [[Nikola Jokić]] in 2019.

McCarthy later coached the [[Buffalo Braves]], his hometown team, for part of a season. McCarthy died on May 9, 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lenzi|first=Rachel|title= John McCarthy, former Canisius basketball star and NBA champion, dies at 86 |url= https://buffalonews.com/2020/05/12/john-mccarthy-canisius-basketball-nba-dies/ |date=May 12, 2020|website=[[The Buffalo News]]|access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y|champion=y}}

===NBA===
Source<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mccarjo01.html|title=Johnny McCarthy NBA stats|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref>

====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1956}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1956–57 Rochester Royals season|Rochester]]
| style="background:#CFECEC;"|72* || 21.7 || '''.376''' || '''.674''' || 2.8 || 1.5 || 6.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1958}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1958–59 Cincinnati Royals season|Cincinnati]]
| 47 || '''38.9''' || .373 || .667 || '''4.8''' || 4.8 || '''12.9'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1959}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1959–60 St. Louis Hawks season|St. Louis]]
| 75 || 31.8 || .329 || .659 || 4.0 || 4.4 || 8.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1960}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1960–61 St. Louis Hawks season|St. Louis]]
| style="background:#CFECEC;"|'''79'''* || 31.9 || .357 || .540 || 4.1 || '''5.4''' || 8.3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1961}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1961–62 St. Louis Hawks season|St. Louis]]
| 15 || 22.2 || .247 || .444 || 3.7 || 4.7 || 3.2
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| {{nbay|1963}}†
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1963–64 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 28 || 7.4 || .333 || .385 || 1.3 || .9 || 1.3
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 316 || 27.9 || .353 || .622 || 3.6 || 3.7 || 7.8
|}

====Playoffs====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1960 NBA playoffs|1960]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1959–60 St. Louis Hawks season|St. Louis]]
| style="background:#CFECEC;"|'''14'''* || '''40.4''' || .406 || '''.750''' || '''4.6''' || '''7.0''' || '''8.1'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1961 NBA playoffs|1961]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1960–61 St. Louis Hawks season|St. Louis]]
| style="background:#CFECEC;"|12* || 19.7 || .345 || .667 || 2.6 || 2.8 || 3.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1964 NBA playoffs|1964]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1963–64 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 1 || 8.0 || '''1.000''' || &ndash; || 1.0 || 1.0 || 2.0
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 27 || 30.0 || .389 || .733 || 3.6 || 4.9 || 5.9
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mccarjo01.html BasketballReference.com: Johnny McCarthy (as player)]
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mccarjo01c.html BasketballReference.com: Johnny McCarthy (as coach)]

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