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Personal information | |
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Born | (1935-07-29) July 29, 1935 (age 88) Rochester, Pennsylvania |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Rochester (Rochester, Pennsylvania) |
College | Bradley (1955β1958) |
NBA draft | 1958: 2nd round, 10th overall pick |
Selected by theββDetroit Pistons | |
Playing career | 1958β1967 |
Position | Small forward / power forward |
Number | 10, "23," 35, 21 |
Career history | |
1958β1959 | Detroit Pistons |
1959β1961 | Syracuse Nationals |
1961 | Chicago Packers |
1961β1963 | St. Louis Hawks |
1963β1964 | Chicago Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets |
1964β1967 | Wilmingon Blue Bombers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 2,372 (6.6 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,884 (5.2 rpg) |
Assists | 381 (1.1 apg) |
Stats ![]() | |
Stats 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 playerββto 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 (1958β59), Syracuse Nationals (1959β61), Chicago Packers / Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets (1961, 1963β64) and St. Louis Hawks (1961β63) in the NBA for 362 games. In 1967, he was named Coach of the Year in the Eastern Professional Basketball League. He is honored in the "Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame."
Career statisticsβ»
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 |
NBAβ»
Source
Regular seasonβ»
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1958β59 | Detroit | 31 | 8.7 | .341 | .793 | 2.8 | .4 | 3.5 |
1959β60 | Detroit | 7 | 16.6 | .367 | .400 | 6.9 | .9 | 6.9 |
Syracuse | 50 | 12.0 | .378 | .702 | 3.5 | .7 | 4.3 | |
1960β61 | Syracuse | 75 | 21.9 | .463 | .676 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 8.1 |
1961β62 | 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 | |
1962β63 | 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 | |
1963β64 | Baltimore | 71 | 15.8 | .400 | .667 | 4.2 | .7 | 3.7 |
Career | 362 | 18.8 | .420 | .665 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 6.6 |
Playoffsβ»
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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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 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Flyers in Penn. Tonight; Host Wilmington Sunday". The Bridgeport Post. November 18, "1967." p. 9. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "Barney Cable NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
External linksβ»
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
- 1935 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball players
- Baltimore Bullets (1963β1973) players
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- Bradley Braves men's basketball players
- Chicago Packers expansion draft picks
- Chicago Packers players
- Chicago Zephyrs players
- Detroit Pistons draft picks
- Detroit Pistons players
- People from Rochester, Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Power forwards
- St. Louis Hawks players
- Syracuse Nationals players
- Wilmington Blue Bombers players