Soup Cable

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
  • 2× NBL champion (1939, 1940)
  • 2× All-NBL First Team (1939, 1940)
  • All-NBL Second Team (1938)

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]

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[1]

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. ^ a b c d "Soup Cable NBL stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b Howard "Soup" Cable. Summit County Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved on August 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "Catheine Cable obituary".
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Akron Firestone Non-Skids 1938–39 NBL champions
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  • Bush
  • Cable
  • Johnson
  • Migdal
  • Moir
  • Ozburn
  • Roberts
  • Shoun
  • Terjesen
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  • Head coach Sheeks
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Akron Firestone Non-Skids 1939–40 NBL champions


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