Jerry Noonan
| Position: | End, Fullback, Halfback, Quarterback |
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| Date of birth: | August 4, 1898 |
| Place of birth: | Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Date of death: | August 1971 (aged 73) |
| Place of death: | West Covina, California |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) |
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| College: | University of Notre Dame, Fordham College |
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Gerald Michael Noonan (August 4, 1898 – 1971) was a Fordham All-American who played professional football. "Jerry's" football career included playing at Santa Clara College, Oakland and playing on the Olympic Club Football Team in San Francisco. He played in the National Football League with the Rochester Jeffersons and the New York Brickley Giants (not related to the modern-day New York Giants). His brother George was selected for the Olympic Hockey Team and played in the NFL for Hammond, Indiana.
While with Jeffersons in 1924, Noonan became the team's head coach, serving as a player-coach.
Prior to joining the NFL, Noonan played college football at the University of Notre Dame as well as Fordham College.
Gerald (Born:Gerard) was one of six sons born to Judge Thomas Francis Patrick Noonan (New Jersey Law Journal) and Hannah P. Kelly. Five of the six sons, Thomas III, Jerry, George, Vincent, and Mathew served in World War I and sister Mary served as a nurse with the Red Cross. Gerard became Lt. Gerald M. Noonan in 1917 when he enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps in Canada, because he was not of age to be recruited for the American Air division. Gerard first saw service at the Mexican border in the Summer of 1916 with his brothers Thomas and George as a members of the famed Essex Troop (essextroop.org/1916).Thomas was later with the U.S. Aviation Corps in Texas and George was at Anniston detailed to military police duty. Gerard was sent to France during duty and survived being shot down over Europe.
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