Clint Wager

Clint Wager

Date of birth:	January 20, 1920
Place of birth:	Winona, Minnesota
Date of death:	February 29, 1996(1996-02-29) (aged 76)
Place of death:	Excelsior, Minnesota
Career information
Position(s):	End
College:	St. Mary's University
Organizations
As player:
1942 1943 1944 1945	Chicago Bears Chicago Cardinals "Card-Pitt" Chicago Cardinals

Clint Wager

Center/Forward
Personal information
Date of birth	January 20, 1920(1920-01-20)
Place of birth	Winona, Minnesota
Date of death	February 29, 1996(1996-02-29) (aged 76)
Place of death	Winona, Minnesota
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College	St. Mary's University
Pro career	1943–1951
Career history
Oshkosh All-Stars (1943–1948) Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948-1949) Fort Wayne Pistons (1949–1950) Louisville Alumnites (1950–1951)
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.com

Clinton Belmar Wager was a professional football and basketball player. He played in the National Football League from 1942-1945 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.

College career

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.

Punting accident

In 1944, while practicing punting, Wager managed to kick himself in the head resulting in a fractured skull. The incident knocked him out of competition with Card-Pitt for over a month.

References

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