{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = James Mandler | image = University of Michigan basketball player James Mandler.jpg | image_size = 166 | caption = Mandler, from a University of Michigan team photo | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lbs = | position = | league = | team = | nationality = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|3|24}} | birth_place = Illinois | death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|4|10|1922|3|24}} | death_place = Illinois | highschool = | college = | draft = | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = | career_end = | awards = All-Big Ten, 1941–42 (INS) }} '''James Edward Mandler''' (March 24, 1922 – April 10, 2007) was an American basketball player. He played basketball for the University of Michigan from 1940 to 1943. He was the team's leading scorer for two consecutive years and set the school's single season scoring record with 230 points during the 1941–42 season.
==Early years== Mandler was raised in Chicago and attended Kelvyn Park High School.<ref name=CDT/> His father, Emil Mandler, was the son of Swedish immigrants and was the part owner of a laundry. His mother, Agnes Mandler, was the daughter of Scottish and Swedish immigrants.<ref>Census entry for Emil O. Mandler and family. James E. Mandler was eight years old at the time. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 473; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 1353; Image: 850.0; FHL microfilm: 2340208.</ref>
==Student-athlete== Mandler attended the University of Michigan. While attending Michigan, he played at the center position for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team from 1940 to 1943.<ref name=CDT>{{cite news|title=Mandler, Comin Win Michigan Basket Letters|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=March 18, 1942|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/468154302.html?dids=468154302:468154302&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+18%2C+1942&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=MANDLER%2C+COMIN+WIN+MICHIGAN+BASKET+LETTERS&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131142912/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/468154302.html?dids=468154302:468154302&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+18,+1942&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=MANDLER,+COMIN+WIN+MICHIGAN+BASKET+LETTERS&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=University of Michigan Basketball Rosters|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|url=http://141.211.39.65/bkroster/bksearch.htm|access-date=2012-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529064243/http://141.211.39.65/bkroster/bksearch.htm|archive-date=2011-05-29|url-status=dead}}(Enter "mandler" in the field for "Last Name" to retrieve the record.)</ref> He was the leading scorer on the 1941–42 and 1942–43 teams. His total of 230 points during the 1941–42 seasons broke Michigan's single-season scoring record. His record was broken by Mack Supronowicz during the 1948–49 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Michigan Basketball Record Book|publisher=University of Michigan|pages=28–30|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-through-the-years.pdf|access-date=2012-04-07|archive-date=2018-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026080859/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-through-the-years.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was selected as an All-Big Ten player by the International News Service for the 1941–42 season and as the captain of Michigan's 1942–43 team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michigan Basketball Team Picks Mandler|newspaper=The Telegraph-Herald|date=March 19, 1942|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A1dFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_LsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2716,2262192&dq=mandler+michigan&hl=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mandler to Captain Quintet at Michigan|newspaper=Hartford Courant|date=March 29, 1942|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/859177452.html?dids=859177452:859177452&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+29%2C+1942&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Mandler+to+Captain+Quintet+at+Michigan&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715093511/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/859177452.html?dids=859177452:859177452&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+29,+1942&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Mandler+to+Captain+Quintet+at+Michigan&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Michigan Five Names Mandler 1943 Captain|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=March 19, 1942|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/468156922.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+19%2C+1942&author=&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1923-1963)&edition=&startpage=23&desc=MICHIGAN+FIVE+NAMES+MANDLER+1943+CAPTAIN|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201060038/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/468156922.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+19,+1942&author=&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1923-1963)&edition=&startpage=23&desc=MICHIGAN+FIVE+NAMES+MANDLER+1943+CAPTAIN|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref>
==Legal career and later years== Mandler graduated from Michigan with a bachelor's degree in 1943 and served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1945. He returned to the University of Michigan for law school receiving his law degree in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=James E. Mandler|publisher=University of Michigan Law School|url=http://www.law.umich.edu/historyandtraditions/students/Pages/ProfilePage.aspx?SID=13803&Year=1948}}</ref> He was an officer of Chicago's Harris Trust and Savings Bank for many years and was promoted to senior vice president in 1971.<ref>{{cite news|title=Harris Trust Makes Kuhn a Vice Pres|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=May 9, 1963|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/572833772.html?dids=572833772:572833772&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=May+09%2C+1963&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=HARRIS+TRUST+NAMES+KUHN+A+VICE+PRES&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714120559/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/572833772.html?dids=572833772:572833772&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=May+09,+1963&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=HARRIS+TRUST+NAMES+KUHN+A+VICE+PRES&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012}}(reporting on promotions of James E. Mandler to assistant vice president)</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Business Ticker|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 11, 1971|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/597849642.html?dids=597849642:597849642&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+11%2C+1971&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Business+Ticker&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714191736/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/597849642.html?dids=597849642:597849642&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+11,+1971&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Business+Ticker&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref> He was a resident of Deerfield, Illinois. He died in April 2007 at age 85.<ref>{{cite news|title=James E. Mandler|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=April 12, 2007|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/obituaries/james-e-mandler-il/}}</ref>
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