Education
City College of New New York
City College of New New York
Mager, a 6"5 forward from Lafayette High School in Brooklyn, was a senior during the 1949-1950 season. He averaged 3.6 points per game during the season, but had a strong postseason, averaging 12.6 points per game in the 1950 National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament and was named to the All-Eastern regional team He was also important in the Beavers" National Institute of Technology run, averaging 4.7 points per game.
Following the close of his collegiate career, Mager was drafted in the fifth round of the 1950 National Basketball Association Draft by the Baltimore Bullets.
Mager played 22 games for the Bullets, averaging 4.6 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. Mager later became an executive with a janitorial supply company, retiring in 2000.
He died of cancer on March 17, 2005 in Boynton Beach, Florida.
However, his career came to a premature end in the wake of the City College of New York Point Shaving Scandal, where it was revealed that members of the Beavers had taken money to manipulate the outcome of several games. Mager was thrown out of the National Basketball Association and other members of the City College of New York team were banned for life from the league.