The 80-year-old faces criminal charges that he allegedly indecently dealt with, and had unlawful carnal knowledge of, a girl who police say was just nine to 10 years old at the time.
On Friday, WA police said they would allege Cable sexually assaulted a girl between 1967 and 1968. He faces five counts of indecently dealing with a girl under 13 and two counts of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 13.Cable was also a revered footballer in Western Australia’s domestic league, winning four premierships and three league best-and-fairest awards in the 1960s and 1970s.
He returned to Victoria to coach North Melbourne in the early 1980s and was later named rover in the Kangaroos’ team of the century.Get alerts on significant breaking news as happens.
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