Noble attended Temple High School and graduated from the University of Texas where he was an accomplished member of the Texas Longhorns football team.
He and Dorothy married in 1941 and, following his service with the United States Navy during World War II, returned to the football field to play for the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles won the World Championship during the 1948- 1949 season while Noble was on the team.
Noble and Dorothy returned to Austin where he continued his lifelong love of Longhorn football and nurtured many friendships in a successful life insurance business until his retirement in 2001. Noble was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 1980 and, in 1995, into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame.