high_school height_ft years death_date weight_lb nationality career_end position team article_title height_in birth_date number college name career_start
newtown -lrb- elmhurst , new york -rrb- 6 1945 1947 -- 1948 1948 -- 1949 -- 1946 1946 -- 1947 1946 -- 1947 23 july 1983 190 american 1949 forward / center rochester rochester royals royals toronto huskies new york knicks syracuse nationals bob fitzgerald -lrb- basketball -rrb-
 5 14 march 1923 10 , 11 , 12 fordham bob fitzgerald 1945
bob fitzgerald -lrb- basketball -rrb-

robert `` bob '' fitzgerald -lrb- march 14 , 1923 - july 23 , 1983 -rrb- was an american professional basketball player .
a center/forward from fordham university , fitzgerald played two -lrb- 1946 -- 1947 ; 1948 -- 1949 -rrb- in the basketball association of america/national basketball association as a member of the toronto huskies , new york knicks , and rochester royals .
he was traded on january 21 , 1947 by the toronto huskies to the new york knicks for bob mullens .
his brother dick fitzgerald also played in the nba .
he averaged 3.1 points per game in his baa/nba career .
fitzgerald also played in the national basketball league with the rochester royals and syracuse nationals .
fitzgerald served in the military during world war ii .
