He was a member of the Poland national team from 1963 to 1971, a participant in the Mexico 1968 Olympics, and a bronze medallist at the 1967 European Championship.

The couple had one son, Grzegorz Wagner (born 1965), a professional volleyball setter and coach.

[3] In the subsequent year, they won silver in the European Championship 1975 held in Yugoslavia.

On 13 March 2002, after a meeting with the Polish Association of Volleyball in Warsaw, Wagner suffered a car accident triggered by a heart attack.

[6] The Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner is an annual three-day volleyball tournament with four national teams invited by Poland held since 2003.