Barney Cable

Barney Cable
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 schoolRochester (Rochester, Pennsylvania)
CollegeBradley (1955–1958)
NBA draft1958: 2nd round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1958–1967
PositionSmall forward / power forward
Number10, 23, 35, 21
Career history
1958–1959Detroit Pistons
1959–1961Syracuse Nationals
1961Chicago Packers
1961–1963St. Louis Hawks
1963–1964Chicago Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets
1964–1967Wilmingon Blue Bombers
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-MVC (1957)
Career NBA statistics
Points2,372 (6.6 ppg)
Rebounds1,884 (5.2 rpg)
Assists381 (1.1 apg)
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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.

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
  GP Games 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

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1958–59 Detroit 31 8.7 .341 .793 2.8 .4 3.5
1959–60 Detroit 7 16.6 .367 .400 6.9 .9 6.9
Syracuse 50 12.0 .378 .702 3.5 .7 4.3
1960–61 Syracuse 75 21.9 .463 .676 6.3 1.1 8.1
1961–62 Chicago 15 33.2 .378 .712 5.5 2.1 13.7
St. Louis 52 26.2 .419 .623 9.2 1.6 10.0
1962–63 St. Louis 42 15.8 .495 .651 3.1 1.0 6.1
Chicago 19 28.5 .402 .636 5.7 2.2 8.1
1963–64 Baltimore 71 15.8 .400 .667 4.2 .7 3.7
Career 362 18.8 .420 .665 5.2 1.1 6.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1960 Syracuse 3 21.0 .357 .500 9.3 .3 4.7
1961 Syracuse 8 23.1 .400 .588 7.6 .9 7.8
Career 11 22.5 .392 .560 8.1 .7 6.9

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.