height_ft statvalue nationality birth_date cyears career_start years cteam draft_year team draft_pick number college stats_league name statlabel high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 2,450 -rrb- 1,184 -lrb- 3.7 apg -rrb- -lrb- 7.8 ppg -rrb- 1,145 -lrb- 3.6 rpg american 25 april 1934 1971 -- 1972 1956 1956 1963 -- 1964 -- 1958 1958 -- 1962 1962 -- 1963 buffalo braves 1956 rochester -lrb- abl -rrb- boston celtics / cincinnati royals st. louis hawks pittsburgh rens 24 7 , 26 , 15 , 21 canisius -lrb- 1953 -- 1956 -rrb- nba johnny mccarthy points rebounds assists timon -lrb- buffalo , new york -rrb- 185 buffalo , new york rochester royals 1964 point guard 4 m 1 mccarjo01 johnny mccarthy

johnny mccarthy

john joseph `` johnny '' mccarthy -lrb- born april 25 , 1934 -rrb- is an american former basketball player and coach .
a 6 ' 1 '' 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 -lrb- nba -rrb- -- two for the royals , three for the st. louis hawks , and one for the boston celtics .
mccarthy is the first of only three 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 and lebron james in 2006 .
mccarthy later coached the buffalo braves , his hometown team , for part of a season .
