He made his VFL debut in Round 9 on 3 July 1897 against St Kilda at Brunswick Street Oval.
[5] In recognition of his service, Yager was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with three campaign clasps.
[6] Yager was also a member of the Cumberland Cricket Club and worked at the local Hoffman Brickworks, where he was active in the Pottery and Tile Association.
[6] Yager died in Melbourne Hospital on 15 February 1915 following "a long illness from dropsy and heart trouble."
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1870s is a stub.