Joe McNamee

Joe McNamee

Personal information
Born	(1926-09-24)September 24, 1926 San Francisco, California
Died	July 16, 2011(2011-07-16) (aged 84)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Saint Ignatius (San Francisco, California)
College	San Francisco (1946–1950)
NBA draft	1950: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Rochester Royals
Playing career	1950–1952
Position	Power forward / Center
Number	20, 13
Career history
1950–1951	Rochester Royals
1951–1952	Baltimore Bullets
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1951)
Career statistics
Points	289 (2.4 ppg)
Rebounds	238 (2.5) rpg)
Assists	58 (0.5 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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

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 8 kids (Sharon, John, Pattie, Casey, Dennis, Peter, Steve and Jim) and 11 grandchildren.

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