John Joseph McNamee (September 24, 1926 – July 16, 2011) was an American professional basketball player.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.
He averaged 2.4 points per game in his career and won a league championship with Rochester in 1951.
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 8 kids (Sharon, John, Pattie, Casey, Dennis, Peter, Steve and Jim) and 11 grandchildren.