[2] On April 4, 1934,[3] Noe's father died after he was struck in the head by a night watchman as he tried to remove his repossessed truck from a car yard.

[2] Noe was an all-city center while he played at Washington Preparatory High School in Los Angeles.

[7] Noe was selected as an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) All-American while playing for the Everybody's Drug Store team of Eugene, Oregon, in 1953.

[8] He was chosen by the Boston Celtics as the 12th overall pick in the 1953 NBA draft but he did not sign with the team as he believed the pay was not worth living so far away from home.

[9] He and his wife owned and operated the San Diego-based Bay Oil Company which served as a distributor for Phillips 66.