Johnny McCarthy

Template:Short description Template:For multi Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other John Joseph McCarthy (April 25, 1934 – May 9, 2020) was an American basketball player and coach. A Template:Convert 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.

Career statistics

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
Template:Nbay	Rochester	72*	21.7	.376	.674	2.8	1.5	6.6
Template:Nbay	Cincinnati	47	38.9	.373	.667	4.8	4.8	12.9
Template:Nbay	St. Louis	75	31.8	.329	.659	4.0	4.4	8.4
Template:Nbay	St. Louis	79*	31.9	.357	.540	4.1	5.4	8.3
Template:Nbay	St. Louis	15	22.2	.247	.444	3.7	4.7	3.2
Template:Nbay†	Boston	28	7.4	.333	.385	1.3	.9	1.3
Career		316	27.9	.353	.622	3.6	3.7	7.8

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1960	St. Louis	14*	40.4	.406	.750	4.6	7.0	8.1
1961	St. Louis	12*	19.7	.345	.667	2.6	2.8	3.7
1964†	Boston	1	8.0	1.000	–	1.0	1.0	2.0
Career		27	30.0	.389	.733	3.6	4.9	5.9

External links

• BasketballReference.com: Johnny McCarthy (as player)
• BasketballReference.com: Johnny McCarthy (as coach)