Jerry Noonan

Gerald Michael Noonan was a Fordham AllAmerican who played professional football. Jerrys 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 . His brother George was selected for the Olympic Hockey Team and played in the NFL for Hammond, Indiana.

Gerald was one of six sons born to Judge Thomas Francis Patrick Noonan 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 .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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