Dick Cable (1998) | UW Athletic Hall of Fame

UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Four-year letterwinner (1952-55) for the Wisconsin basketball team
Second-team All-Big Ten in 1955 and honorable mention honors in 1953 and 1954
Captain and Most Valuable Player for the 1955 Badgers
Graduated in 1955 as the career scoring leader (1,180 points)
Scored a career-best 31 points vs. both Tulane and Notre Dame as a senior
Led the Badgers in season scoring twice (301 points in 1954 and a then-school-record 442 points in 1955)
Established a UW season mark for field goal percentage (.436 in 1954) and a single-game record for assists (11 vs. California in 1952)
Recipient of Wisconsin's Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1955
Drafted in the second round of the 1955 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Hawks
Helped organize volunteer fundraising for the Kohl Center project (1995-98)