Barry Cable

Barry Cable is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, born on 22 September 1943 in Narrogin, Western Australia, and regarded as one of the greatest rovers in the history of the game. He played 379 premiership games in the Western Australian Football League and the Victorian Football League, mostly for Perth and North Melbourne, won three Sandover Medals as the best and fairest player in the WAFL, the Tassie Medal at the 1966 national carnival and premierships with Perth and North Melbourne, and later coached North Melbourne from 1981 to 1984. His standing in the sport was later affected by allegations of historical child sexual abuse. His Australian Football Hall of Fame status was revoked and he was removed from the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2023 after an adverse civil finding, and in 2026 he was found not guilty on all counts at a criminal trial.