height_ft death_date statvalue birth_date career_start weight_lbs years team number college statlabel name birth_place career_end position highschool letter height_in bbr article_title
6 13 september 1959 1,653 not tracked 273 10 august 1919 1946 195 1946 -- 1948 1948 -- 1950 st. louis bombers boston celtics 5 , 19 colorado -lrb- 1939 -- 1942 -rrb- points rebounds assists bob doll steamboat springs , colorado 1950 forward / center chaffey -lrb- ontario , california -rrb- d 5 dollbo01 bob doll

bob doll

robert w. `` bob '' doll -lrb- august 10 , 1919 -- september 18 , 1959 -rrb- was an american professional basketball player who played in the early days of professional basketball for the st. louis bombers and boston celtics during the early years of the nba .
doll starred at chaffey high school in ontario , california and played collegiately at the university of colorado from 1939 to 1942 , leading the buffaloes to a period of great team success .
a post player , `` ichabod '' doll was known as a voracious rebounder and defender with a soft shooting touch .
in his first season of eligibility as a sophomore in 1940 , doll led the buffaloes to bids in both the ncaa tournament and nit .
while the ncaa tournament appearance lasted only one game , doll led the buffs to the nit title and was named the tournament most valuable player after averaging 15.5 points per game .
two years later , doll was named a consensus second team all-american and led colorado to its first final four .
following the close of his collegiate career , doll played for several years in the amateur athletic union and was named an aau all-american in 1943 while playing for the denver american legion team .
in 1946 , doll joined the st. louis bombers of the basketball association of america -lrb- baa -rrb- .
after two years with the bombers , doll joined the boston celtics as a free agent .
during his two-year stint with the celtics , the baa merged with the national basketball league to form the national basketball association .
doll played for one more year with the celtics in the inaugural nba campaign .
bob doll averaged 8.4 points and 1.4 assists per game for his four-year baa/nba career .
doll died on september 18 , 1959 at the age of 40 , of an apparent suicide .
