Clint Wager

Clint Wager

No. 51, 69
Born:	January 20, 1920 Winona, Minnesota
Died:	February 29, 1996(1996-02-29) (aged 76) Excelsior, Minnesota
Career information
Position(s)	End
Height	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
College	St. Mary's University
Career history
As player
1942	Chicago Bears
1943	Chicago Cardinals
1944	"Card-Pitt"
1945	Chicago Cardinals
Basketball career
Career information
High school	Winona (Winona, Minnesota)
College	St. Mary's (Minnesota) (1938–1942)
Playing career	1943–1951
Position	Center / forward
Number	17
Career history
1943–1948	Oshkosh All-Stars
1948–1949	Hammond Calumet Buccaneers
1949–1950	Fort Wayne Pistons
1950–1951	Louisville Alumnites
Career highlights and awards
All-NBL First-team (1944)
Career NBA statistics
Points	143
Games	63
Assists	90
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Clinton Belmar Wager (January 20, 1920 – February 29, 1996) was a professional football and basketball player. He played in the National Football League from 1942 to 1945 for the Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals and the Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers merged team, "Card-Pitt". However, he also played in the National Basketball Association in 1949–50 for the Fort Wayne Pistons (now called the Detroit Pistons). He also played in the National Basketball League for the Oshkosh All-Stars and Hammond Calumet Buccaneers, while finishing his career with the Louisville Alumnites of the National Professional Basketball League.

Prior to his professional career, Wager played basketball for Saint Mary's University. During his college career, he was an all-conference center and an individual scoring champion twice, in 1939 and 1940. He also participated in the 1941 National Invitational Tournament. He was also selected in his senior year as captain of the school's basketball team. He also played football for the school. He was elected in the schools sports hall of fame in 1977.

Source^[1]

• Stats at Basketball Reference
• Stats at Pro Football Reference
• St. Mary's Athletics Hall of Fame profile