Bob Fitzgerald (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{more citations needed|date=August 2011}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Bob Fitzgerald

| image =

| width =

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| position = Forward / center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 190

| number = 10, 11, 12

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|03|14}}

| birth_place = Queens, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1983|7|23|1923|3|14}}

| death_place =

| nationality = American

| high_school = Newtown (Elmhurst, New York)

| college = Seton Hall (1941–1943)

| career_start = 1945

| career_end = 1949

| years1 = 1945–1946

| team1 = Rochester Royals

| years2 = 1946–1947

| team2 = Toronto Huskies

| years3 = 1947

| team3 = New York Knicks

| years4 = 1947–1948

| team4 = Syracuse Nationals

| years5 = 1948–1949

| team5 = Rochester Royals

| highlights =

• NBL champion (1946)

}}

Robert Fitzgerald (March 14, 1923{{spaced en dash}}July 23, 1983) was an American professional basketball player.

A {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m}} center/forward from Seton Hall University,{{cite web |title=Former N.Y.U. Star Joins Knickerbockers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/01/25/archives/former-nyu-star-joins-knickerbockers.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=October 17, 2020 |date=January 25, 1947}}{{cite web |title=Bob Fitzgerald |url=https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/bob-fitzgerald/ |website=Pro Basketball Encyclopedia |accessdate=October 17, 2020}} Fitzgerald played two seasons in the Basketball Association of America 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.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fitzgbo01.html "Bob Fitzgerald Stats"]. Accessed on June 18, 2017. He averaged 3.1 points per game in his BAA career.

Fitzgerald also played in the National Basketball League with the Rochester Royals and Syracuse Nationals.Official NBA Encyclopedia. Doubleday, 2000. 496.

Fitzgerald served in the military{{Clarify|date=August 2011}} during World War II. His brother, Dick Fitzgerald, also played in the BAA, and the two were teammates while on the Toronto Huskies.