Soup Cable | |
Position: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Birth Date: | 4 April 1913 |
Birth Place: | Akron, Ohio |
Death Place: | Prospect, Kentucky |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | West (Akron, Ohio) |
Years1: | 1937–1941 |
Team1: | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
Years2: | 1941–1942 |
Team2: | Toledo Jim White Chevrolets |
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Howard Wilson "Soup" Cable (April 4, 1913 – February 19, 1995) was an American professional basketball player.[1] 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).[1] [2] Cable led the Non-Skids to consecutive National Basketball League championships in 1938–39 and 1939–40.[2] In both of those seasons he was named to the All-NBL First Team.[1] He was married to Catherine Tobin and had three children. Catherine's brother was Paul Tobin, a teammate of Cable's with Akron.[3]
† | Denotes seasons in which Cable's team won an NBL championship |
Source[1]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1937–38| style="text-align:left;"| Akron Firestone Non-Skids| 15 || 42 || 45 || || || 129 || 8.6|-| style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1938–39†| style="text-align:left;"| Akron Firestone Non-Skids| 24 || 99 || 64 || || || 262 || 10.9|-| style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1939–40†| style="text-align:left;"| Akron Firestone Non-Skids| 26 || 79 || 61 || || || 219 || 8.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1940–41| style="text-align:left;"| Akron Firestone Non-Skids| 15 || 30 || 34 || 47 || .723 || 94 || 6.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1941–42| style="text-align:left;"| Toledo| 5 || 10 || 3 || 4 || .750 || 29 || 5.8|-|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 85 || 260 || 37 || 51 || .725 || 733 || 8.6|}
Year | Team | GP | FGM | FTM | PTS | PPG | |
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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 |