Barry Cable (born 22 September 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) West Australian National Football League (WANFL) and Victorian Football League (VFL). A brilliant rover, he was awarded the Sandover Medal as the fairest and best player in the league three times while playing with the Perth Football Club. High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... The West Australian Football League (WAFL) (pronounced waffle) is the premier state based Australian rules football league in Western Australia. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... Followers is a term given to a group of playing positions in the game of Australian rules football. ... The Sandover Medal is an Australian Rules Football award, given annually since 1921 to the best and fairest player in the Western Australian Football League. ... Categories: Stub | Western Australian Football League clubs ...

Cable played 225 games for Perth from 1964-1969 and 1971-1973. He played in 3 successive premierships (1966-1968). His time with Perth was interrupted by a stint with North Melbourne Football Club in the VFL in 1970 where he won the North Melbourne best and fairest award and came 4th in the Brownlow Medal. Back with Perth from 1971 he won the club fairest and best again that year and 1973, and was Captain/Coach for 1972-1973. The North Melbourne Football Club, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ...

He returned to North Melbourne in 1974 and played in two premierships (1975, 1977).

Accepting the position of Captain/Coach with East Perth Football Club in 1978, Cable took the Royals to a hard fought premiership that year over his old club, Perth. Cable retired as a player at the end of the next season. Home Ground: Leederville Oval (Based at Perth Oval between 1910 and 1999, The WACA Ground in 1988) Formed: 1902 (as Union Football Club) Colours: Royal Blue and Black Nickname: Royals WAFL Premierships: 1919-20-21-22-23, 1926-27, 1936, 1944, 1956, 1958-59, 1972, 1978, 2000-01-02 Record...

Cable had significantly less success in the VFL as a non-playing coach than as a player, although he did get North Melbourne into the finals in two of his three full seasons in charge during the early 1980s.

Cable played 22 state games for Western Australia winning a Tassie Medal (1966) and named in the 1966 and 1969 All-Australian Teams. In a richly rewarded career he won 3 Sandover Medals (1964, 1968, 1973) as the fairest and best player in the league, and 4 Simpson Medals (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969). He won 8 Fairest & Best Awards for his clubs - 7 with Perth, 1 with North Melbourne. Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person (3rd) Population (December 2006)  - Population  2,050,900 (4th)  - Density  0. ... The Tassie Medal was awarded to the outstanding player at each Australian Rules Football interstate carnival or Australian interstate championship series held between 1937 and 1988 with the exception of the 1975 knock-out series. ... The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. ... The Sandover Medal is an Australian Rules Football award, given annually since 1921 to the best and fairest player in the Western Australian Football League. ... The Simpson Medal, a prize for Australian rules football, has been donated by Dr. Fred Simpson and family since 1945. ...

In 1979 Cable suffered a tractor accident on his farm which left him crippled. In 1993 he rode a specially modified bicycle and crossed the Nullabor Plain in 9 days. The Nullarbor Plain is the vast area of flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country immediately north of the Great Australian Bight. ...

Career highlights

• 384 career games (225 Perth, 43 East Perth, 116 North Melbourne)
• 20 State games for Western Australia
• 1 State game for Victoria
• Perth Captain/Coach 1972-1973
• Sandover Medallist 1964, 1968, 1973
• Simpson Medallist 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
• Perth Premiership player 1966-1968, Simpson Medal each year
• Perth Fairest & Best 1965-1969, 1971, 1973
• North Melbourne Fairest and Best 1970
• 2 Premierships with North Melbourne, 1975, 1977
• Coached North Melbourne for part of 1981 and 1982-1984
• West Coast Eagles Assistant Coach 1987-1989
• All-Australian 1966, 1969

The Barry Cable Room at the Subiaco Oval is named in his honour.[1] Subiaco Oval (, ) is the major sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. ...

In 1996 Cable was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. ...

In 2004 he was inducted to Legend Status in the WA Football Hall of Fame. The West Australian Football League (WAFL) (pronounced waffle) is the premier state based Australian rules football league in Western Australia. ...

References

• Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 45. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X. 
• AFL Hall of Fame
• Full Points Footy Bio