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

[1] 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.

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

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