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 .