Barney Cable
Byrum William "Barney" Cable is a retired American basketball player. The fourth most prolific rebounder in Bradley basketball history, Barney Cable, a six-foot-seven forward from Rochester, Pennsylvania, was only the third BU player to be plucked in the NBA draft since the school went big time in 1938.
He played collegiately for Bradley University.
He was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round of the 1958 NBA draft.
He played for the Pistons, Syracuse Nationals, Chicago Packers, St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Zephyrs and Baltimore Bullets in the NBA for 362 games. He is honored in the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame.
