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Kenneth K. Noble

Kenneth K. Noble

  • Class Year:
    1937
  • Induction Year:
    1967
  • Sport(s):
    Football, Basketball and Baseball

Kenneth K. Noble '37 graduated BW in 1937 and was inducted into the Alumni Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1967.

Football at Baldwin-Wallace College reached a major peak during the 1935 and 1936 seasons when Ray E. Watts' Yellow Jackets achieved national recognition both seasons. One of the men that played a major role in this honor was Ken Noble, an outstanding athlete in B-W sports. 

Noble won three letters in football in 1934, 35, and 36, leading the Jackets to an overall 23-2 record for the three seasons. He was named All-Big Four halfback each year and won All-Ohio honors in 1935 and 1936. The top gridiron honor for Noble come in 1935 when he was the second leading scorer in the nation for 96 points. Baldwin-Wallace was top in the nation in scoring that same year, totaling 438 points.

Football was just one of Noble's athletic activities. He was also outstanding in basketball, All-Ohio in 1935, and a team leader in baseball, winning All-Ohio honors in 1936. After graduation from Baldwin-Wallace, athletics continued to play a major role in Noble's life. He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers professional football team for the 1937 season and during the off-season was a coach and teacher at Berea High School. Noble soon switched to baseball, playing in the Class A division from 1937-1945. 

In 1945 Noble left the Cleveland area and moved to California. Since that time he has been teaching and coaching at junior and senior high school levels.

Noble's athletic activities at BW are closely tied to that of teammate Norm Schoen. They attended BW together from 1933-1937 and played basketball, baseball, and football together. In football they made a nationally-recognized pair of halfbacks and combined to defeat such nationally-ranked schools as Syracuse University.