Shane Cable (born 21 February 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the

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in the

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(VFL).

Football career

Cable, a

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man, is the son of

Barry Cable Barry Thomas Cable MBE (born 22 September 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. Considered one of the greatest rovers in the sport's history, he played in 379 premiership games in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL ...

. He made just one appearance with West Coast, at the

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in a win over Footscray where he had seven disposals. A wingman, he had initially been listed as an emergency but was named in the team after Chris Waterman was omitted for being late to a team meeting. He played for

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at WAFL level and represented the Indigenous All-Stars in 1994. In both

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and

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he topped the goal-kicking lists at Perth. Ten seasons later, he stood in for one match as coach of

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when regular Royals coach Warren Mahony was so ill due to a flu epidemic that he could not speak. In 2004, Cable launched an Australian rules football magazine, ''Westside Football'', covering the AFL and WAFL.

Post-football career

Cable worked for mining company

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. In 2016, he was appointed CEO of Indigenous Construction Resource Group (ICRG), an indigenous contractor set up to create job opportunities in the resources sector for regional Aboriginal communities. ICRG went into liquidation in May 2019. Cable later co-owned Resource Operations and Maintenance Services.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cable, Shane 1970 births Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football West Coast Eagles players Peel Thunder Football Club coaches Perth Football Club players Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Noongar people