Soup Cable

Soup Cable
Personal information
Born (1913-04-04)April 4, 1913
Akron, Ohio
Died February 19, 1995(1995-02-19) (aged 81)
Prospect, Kentucky
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school West (Akron, Ohio)
Position Guard
Career history
1937–1941 Akron Firestone Non-Skids
1941–1942 Toledo Jim White Chevrolets
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× All-NBL First Team (1939, 1940)
  • 2× NBL champion (1939, 1940)
  • All-NBL Second Team (1938)

Howard W. "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, Howard, Tim and Tamara. Catherine's brother was Paul Tobin, a teammate of Cable's with Akron.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Soup Cable NBL stats. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on August 18, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Howard "Soup" Cable. Summit County Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved on August 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Catheine Cable obituary".


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