Johnny McCarthy

{{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 (Buffalo, New York)

| college = 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 = 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

| highlights =

• NBA champion (1964)

| stats_league=NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 2,450 (7.8 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,145 (3.6 rpg)

| stat3label = 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.{{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}}