Facts:   - draft round: 3    - career end: 1953    - number: 5    - height in: 0    - team: philadelphia warriors      - birth date: 25 february 1924    - draft team: philadelphia warriors    - weight lb: 170    - statlabel: points rebounds assists    - statvalue: 1,052 -rrb- 488 -lrb- 2.1 apg -rrb- -lrb- 4.6 ppg -rrb- 405 -lrb- 2.4 rpg    - draft year: 1949    - bbr: bobbne01    - death date: 08 december 2003    - college: temple -rrb- -lrb- 1942 -- 1943 , 1946 -- 1949    - letter: b    - name: nelson bobb    - death place: irvine , california    - birth place: philadelphia , pennsylvania    - position: point guard    - high school: west philadelphia -lrb- philadelphia , pemmsylvania -rrb-    - career start: 1949    - nationality: american    - years: 1949 -- 1953    - height ft: 6   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nelson bobb .
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nelson `` nitzy '' bobb -lrb- february 25 , 1924 -- december 8 , 2003 -rrb- was an american basketball player .born and raised in philadelphia , pennsylvania , he played collegiately for hometown temple university .he was selected by the philadelphia warriors in the 1949 baa draft and the syracuse nationals in the 1949 nbl draft .he played for the warriors -lrb- 1949 -- 53 -rrb- in the nba for 227 games .bobb died december 8 , 2003 of cancer in irvine , california .