Barney Cable

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Barney Cable
Barney Cable 1961.jpg
Personal information
Born (1935-07-29) July 29, 1935 (age 89)
Rochester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Rochester (Rochester, Pennsylvania)
College Bradley (1955–1958)
NBA draft 1958: 2nd round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1958–1967
Position Small forward / power forward
Number10, 23, 35, 21
Career history
19581959 Detroit Pistons
19591961 Syracuse Nationals
1961 Chicago Packers
19611963 St. Louis Hawks
19631964 Chicago Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets
1964–1967 Wilmingon Blue Bombers
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-MVC (1957)
Career NBA statistics
Points 2,372 (6.6 ppg)
Rebounds 1,884 (5.2 rpg)
Assists 381 (1.1 apg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Byrum William "Barney" Cable (born July 29, 1935) is an American former professional basketball player. Barney Cable, a six-foot-seven forward from Rochester, Pennsylvania, was the third Bradley University player to be plucked in the NBA draft.

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He was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round (11th pick overall) of the 1958 NBA draft.

He played for the Pistons (1958–59), Syracuse Nationals (1959–61), Chicago Packers / Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets (1961, 1963–64) and St. Louis Hawks (1961–63) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 362 games. In 1967, he was named Coach of the Year in the Eastern Professional Basketball League. [1] He is honored in the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame.

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA

Source [2]

Regular season

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
1958–59 Detroit 318.7.341.7932.8.43.5
1959–60 Detroit 716.6.367.4006.9.96.9
Syracuse 5012.0.378.7023.5.74.3
1960–61 Syracuse 7521.9.463.6766.31.18.1
1961–62 Chicago 1533.2.378.7125.52.113.7
St. Louis 5226.2.419.6239.21.610.0
1962–63 St. Louis 4215.8.495.6513.11.06.1
Chicago 1928.5.402.6365.72.28.1
1963–64 Baltimore 7115.8.400.6674.2.73.7
Career36218.8.420.6655.21.16.6

Playoffs

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
1960 Syracuse 321.0.357.5009.3.34.7
1961 Syracuse 823.1.400.5887.6.97.8
Career1122.5.392.5608.1.76.9

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References

  1. "Flyers in Penn. Tonight; Host Wilmington Sunday". The Bridgeport Post. November 18, 1967. p. 9. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  2. "Barney Cable NBA stats". Basketball Reference . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 5, 2023.