He made his VFL debut in 1966 and in his 11-year career for Essendon kicked 420 goals and played 183 games.
Noonan holds the record for the Essendon Football Club's shortest ever term as a committeeman.
Within a couple of days, 50 "lost" votes were found, a recount was conducted and, with 18 of the votes for Noonan declared invalid, Barry J. Keam (who served on the Essendon Football Club Committee from 1976 to 1995) was restored to his place on the Committee.
[2] Noonan later served on the Essendon Football Club Committee as Vice-President from 1994 to 1995.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1940s is a stub.