Al Guokas

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Al Guokas

| image =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 200

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|07|08}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|08|02|1925|07|08}}

| death_place = Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S.

| high_school = St. Joseph's
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

| college = Saint Joseph's (1947–1948)

| draft_year =

| draft_round =

| draft_pick =

| career_start = 1948

| career_end = 1950

| career_position = Forward

| career_number = 21, 11

| coach_start = 1950

| coach_end = 1951

| years1 = {{nbay|1948|start}}–{{nbay|1949|end}}

| team1 = Denver Nuggets

| years2 = {{nbay|1949|end}}

| team2 = Philadelphia Warriors

| cyears1 = 1950–1951

| cteam1 = York Victory A.C.

| highlights =

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Albert G. Guokas ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|uː|k|ə|s}} {{respell|GOO|kəs}};{{cite magazine |title=Scouting Reports |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1965/12/06/scouting-reports |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=January 16, 2023 |date=December 6, 1965}} August 7, 1925 – August 2, 1990) was an American professional basketball player who spent one season in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Denver Nuggets and the Philadelphia Warriors during the 1948–49 season. He attended Saint Joseph's University.{{cite book |last1=McKinney |first1=Jack |last2=Gordon |first2=Robert |title=Jack McKinney's Tales from Saint Joseph's Hardwood: The Hawk Will Never Die |date=2005 |publisher=Sports Publishing LLC |isbn=9781582619293 |page=85 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-88CdENk6oC&pg=PA85 |accessdate=November 23, 2018}}{{cite web |title=Saint Joseph's men's basketball 2018–19 media guide |url=http://www.sjuhawks.com//attachments1/files/31200/639393.pdf#page=91 |website=sjuhawks.com |accessdate=November 23, 2018 |page=91 |quote=Al Guokas.....1947-48}} His brother, Matt Sr. and nephew Matt were also professional basketball players.

Guokas served as head coach of the York Victory A.C. in the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) during the 1950–51 season and accumulated a 15–11 record.{{cite web |title=Al Guokas minor league basketball coaching records |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/c-guokaal001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 28, 2025}}