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{{Short description|American football player (born 1944)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL player
|image=
| number =89
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1944|2|17}}
|birth_place= [[Dubuque, Iowa]], U.S.
|position=[[Wide receiver]]
|college=[[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]]
|undraftedyear=1966
| pfr =NoonKa00
|teams=
* [[Miami Dolphins]] (1966–1972)
| highlights = 
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl VII|VII]])
* [[AFL All-Star]] (1968)
* [[List of NFL season receiving touchdowns leaders|AFL receiving touchdowns co-leader]] (1968)
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1964 College Football All-America Team|1964]])
* First-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1964 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1964]])
|statlabel1=Receptions
|statvalue1=136
|statlabel2=Receiving yards
|statvalue2=1,798
|statlabel3=Touchdowns
|statvalue3=17
}}

'''Karl Paul Noonan''' (born February 17, 1944) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[wide receiver]] for the [[Miami Dolphins]] of the [[American Football League]] (AFL) and [[National Football League]] (NFL).  As a high school football player at [[Assumption High School (Iowa)|Assumption High School]] in Davenport (where one of his classmates was future [[Princeton Tigers football|Princeton]] [[1965 College Football All-America Team|All-American]] linebacker [[Stas Maliszewski]]). Noonan played [[college football]] for the [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa Hawkeyes]] before playing professionally with Miami in the AFL from 1966 through 1969, and for the NFL's Dolphins from 1970 through 1972.

Noonan had his one peak season with 1968, his third year. After combining for just 365 yards in eight combined starts the past two seasons, he caught 58 passes for 760 yards while having a league-leading eleven [[touchdown]]s. He was an [[American Football League All-Star games|AFL All-Star]] that season. In 1972 he [[separated shoulder|separated his shoulder]] in the preseason recovering a bad snap while serving as the team's [[holder (American football)|holder]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Error Inexcusable, Says Bob DeMarco|author=Levine, Al|newspaper=Miami News|access-date=2020-04-06|via=newspapers.com|date=August 14, 1972|page=1C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48146842/the-miami-news/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Noonan's injury puts kink in Dolphins' kicking game|author=Levine, Al|page=6C|date=August 14, 1972|newspaper=Miami News|via=newspapers.com|access-date=2020-04-06|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48147184/the-miami-news/}}</ref>  He was not activated even after recovering, although he assisted the coaching staff through [[Super Bowl VII]] from the [[press box]] analyzing the opposing defense.<ref>{{cite news|title=Noonan Will Be Helping As Non-Player|author=Bretag, Jerry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23159873/quad_city_times_14_jan_73_p21/|newspaper=[[Quad-City Times]]|date=January 14, 1973|access-date=2018-08-25|page=21|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>  He announced his retirement prior to the 1973 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Karl Noonan quits Dolphins|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23160025/san_bernardino_county_sun_9_jul_73_p23/|newspaper=San Bernardino County Sun|date=July 9, 1973|access-date=2018-08-25|page=23|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of American Football League players]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Super Bowl VII}}
{{1966 Miami Dolphins}}
{{American Football League receiving touchdown leaders}}

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[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Dubuque, Iowa]]
[[Category:American football wide receivers]]
[[Category:Miami Dolphins players]]
[[Category:American Football League All-Star players]]
[[Category:Iowa Hawkeyes football players]]
[[Category:All-American college football players]]
[[Category:American Football League players]]
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