Paddy Guinane was a powerfully built key position player who mainly played as a forward.

Invited by his former teammate Tony Jewell in 1971 to join him at Caulfield, Guinane was at centre half forward as the Bears defeated Brunswick in the 1973 VFA's 2nd division grand final.

On retirement as a player Guinane coached the Richmond under-19s in 1978-79 and then the reserves in 1980-81, before serving as a Club Board member from 1985–87, and again in 1989.

on Saturday, 6 August 1966, Richmond player Frank Dimattina was chasing the ball somewhere between the forward-flank and centre-half forward, bent over, with his head down, concentrating on the ball, and his hands nearly at ground level, when Guinane, running at full tilt from full-forward, bounced off Collingwood's Mick Erwin, and smashed into Dimattina's head with one of his massive thighs at full force.

In 2014, Richmond named its Reserves Best and Fairest award the Guinane Medal, in honour of both Paddy and Danny.