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====== Alfred "Allie" McGuire #12 ======
**Position:** Guard \\
**Height:** 6' 3''\\
**Weight:** 175 lbs.\\
**Birthdate:** July 10, 1951 (New York, NY)\\
**Hometown:** Brookfield, WI\\
**High School:** Milwaukee [[Marquette H.S.]]

His father, [[Al McGuire]], was the famous head coach of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

===== High School Career =====
Allie played at Marquette University High School, where he scored 1,219 career points, including 407 as a senior.  Named to the UPI third team all-state as a junior and AP & UPI all-state second teams as a senior.

===== Marquette Career =====
Allie averaged seven points per game as a sophomore and 9.1 points per game as a junior.  He was named team captain for the [[1972|1972-73]] season and averaged 11.2 points per game.

== All-Time Sophomore Season Rankings ==
  *8th, Assists (112)


===== Professional Career =====

In 1973, McGuire was drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 3rd round of the NBA draft (pick #14). He was also drafted in the 2nd round of the ABA's supplemental draft by the Virginia Squires.

In one NBA season, 1973-74, Allie played only two games. In the ten total minutes logged for New York, he shot 2 for 4 from the field, pulled down two rebounds, assisted once, and was called for two personal fouls.

[[http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MCGUIAL02]]

However, McGuire signed with and played for the Eastern Basketball Association's Allentown Jets for the remainder of the 1973-74 season.

After retiring, McGuire went on to a successful career at Fidelity Investments in Boston, Massachussets, where he was named Senior Vice President of Sales.




===== Did You Know? =====
  * Drafted before him in the 1973 NBA Draft were Marquette teammates, [[Larry McNeill]] (Round 2, pick 7) by the Kansas City Kings and [[Jim Chones]] (Round 2, pick 13) by the Los Angeles Lakers.
  * Allie was a teammate of former Marquette standout, [[Dean Meminger]], while with the Knicks.
  * Along with Tom Sutton, Allie did the television coverage of Marquette basketball on Channel 12.
  * His daughter Breanna McGuire, played for the University of Virginia Lady Cavaliers basketball team for the 2004 through 2007 seasons. She was recruited by Marquette University.

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(At left) Allie, as shown in this photo negative, as a New York Knickerbocker - the team that drafted him in the 3rd round of the 1973 NBA Draft.