Nelson Bobb

{{Short description|American basketball player (1924–2003)}}

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

{{No footnotes|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Nelson Bobb

| image =

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| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 170

| number = 5

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|02|25}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|12|08|1924|02|25}}

| death_place = Irvine, California

| nationality = American

| high_school = West Philadelphia
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

| college = Temple (1942–1943, 1946–1949)

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick =

| draft_year = 1949

| draft_team = Philadelphia Warriors

| career_start = 1949

| career_end = 1953

| years1 = {{nbay|1949|start}}–{{nbay|1952|end}}

| team1 = Philadelphia Warriors

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 1,052 (4.6 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 405 (2.4 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 488 (2.1 apg)

| bbr = bobbne01

| profile =

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Nelson "Nitzy" Bobb (February 25, 1924 – December 8, 2003) was an American basketball player.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, 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 (1949–53) in the NBA for 227 games.

Bobb died December 8, 2003, of cancer in Irvine, California.