Fred Noonan of Amelia Earhart" on Plainsong's album "In Search of Amelia Earhart." Noonan is a main character in Jane Mendelsohn's acclaimed novel, "I Was Amelia Earhart" (1996), and in Neal Bowers' poem "The Noonan Variations" ("The Sewanee Review", Volume CXVIII, 1990). Fred Noonan Frederick Joseph "Fred" Noonan (born April 4, 1893; declared missing July 2, 1937 and dead June 20, 1938), was an American flight navigator, sea captain and aviation pioneer who first charted many commercial airline routes across the Pacific Ocean during the 1930s. He was last seen in Lae, New Guinea, on July 2, 1937, on the last land
Jerry Noonan Jerry Noonan 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