Facts:   - weight lb: 301    - statlabel: games played games started    - draftyear: 2003    - highschool: emmetsburg -lrb- ia -rrb-    - number: 72    - position: guard / center    - height in: 5    - statvalue: 15 1    - college: iowa    - draftpick: 50      - height ft: 6    - birth date: 12 may 1979    - draftround: 2    - name: bruce nelson    - birth place: emmetsburg , iowa    - nflnew: brucenelson/2505627   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bruce nelson -lrb- american football -rrb- .
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bruce edward nelson -lrb- born may 12 , 1979 -rrb- is a former american football guard and center of the national football league .