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American basketball player
Soup Cable
Personal information
Born(1913-04-04)April 4, 1913
Akron, Ohio
DiedFebruary 19, 1995(1995-02-19) (aged 81)
Prospect, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High schoolWest (Akron, Ohio)
PositionGuard
Career history
1937–1941Akron Firestone Non-Skids
1941–1942Toledo Jim White Chevrolets
Career highlights and awards

Howard Wilson "Soup" Cable (April 4, 1913 – February 19, 1995) was an American professional basketball player. He bypassed college basketball after graduating from high school and jumped right to the professional ranks, first with the Akron Firestone Non-Skids (1937–1941) and then to the Toledo Jim White Chevrolets (1941–42). Cable led the Non-Skids to consecutive National Basketball League championships in 1938–39 and 1939–40. In both of those seasons he was named to the All-NBL First Team. He was married to Catherine Tobin and had three children. Catherine's brother was Paul Tobin, a teammate of Cable's with Akron.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  FGM  Field goals made
 FTM  Free throws made  FTA  Free throws attempted
 FT%  Free throw percentage  PTS  Total points
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
† Denotes seasons in which Cable's team won an NBL championship

NBL

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP FGM FTM FTA FT% PTS PPG
1937–38 Akron Firestone Non-Skids 15 42 45 129 8.6
1938–39† Akron Firestone Non-Skids 24 99 64 262 10.9
1939–40† Akron Firestone Non-Skids 26 79 61 219 8.4
1940–41 Akron Firestone Non-Skids 15 30 34 47 .723 94 6.3
1941–42 Toledo 5 10 3 4 .750 29 5.8
Career 85 260 37 51 .725 733 8.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP FGM FTM PTS PPG
1937–38 Akron Firestone Non-Skids 2 6 10 22 11.0
1938–39† Akron Firestone Non-Skids 5 12 17 41 8.2
1939–40† Akron Firestone Non-Skids 8 11 20 42 5.3
1940–41 Akron Firestone Non-Skids 2 7 8 22 11.0
Career 17 36 55 127 7.5

References

  1. ^ "Soup Cable NBL stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  2. ^ Howard "Soup" Cable. Summit County Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved on August 18, 2014.
  3. "Catheine Cable obituary".
Akron Firestone Non-Skids 1938–39 NBL champions
Akron Firestone Non-Skids 1939–40 NBL champions
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