Former AFL Star Barry Cable Charged with Historical Sexual Abuse Offenses

West Australian police have filed charges against former AFL player Barry Cable for alleged historical sexual abuse involving a young girl, with the incidents dating back to the late 1960s.

The 80-year-old Cable has been accused of committing five counts of indecent dealings and two counts of unlawful carnal knowledge with a girl aged nine to ten at the time, as stated by the police on Friday.

Renowned for his time as a two-time premiership winner with North Melbourne in the 1970s, Barry Cable was a prominent figure in Western Australia’s domestic league during the 1960s and 1970s, having played for Perth Football Club before moving to Melbourne in 1970.

Cable, who later served as captain-coach at East Perth, holds a remarkable record of 379 games played in the WAFL and VFL combined, in addition to winning four WAFL premierships and three best-and-fairest awards during his career.

The former AFL star returned to Victoria to coach North Melbourne in the early 1980s and was honored as rover in the Kangaroos‘ Team of the Century before the recent allegations surfaced.

Barry Cable is scheduled to appear in front of the Perth Magistrates Court on May 30 to address the charges brought against him in relation to the decades-old sexual abuse incidents.