There is no denying that Anton Noack was one of South's greatest players. With such strength and leap the giant won games off his own boot.

One of South's greatest players during the 1970s and early 80s, Noack was a classical centre-half-forward who had come up through the colts and kicked a torpedo goal after the siren outside 50 to clinch an epic final against Two Wells in 1974 at Gawler Oval.

His major annual club trophies include the 1973 Most Unselfish, 1974 Most Determined and 1978 Runner Up Best and Fairest awards. Along with a stint of league football at Centrals in the mid-1970s as a key defender, Noack played in the 1970, 1974 and 1979 A Grade flags, and captained the club in 1980 and 1981 before leaving to coach Smithfield in 1982. He then later coached premierships at Willaston and Hamley Bridge.

Today he is equally revered at the Donnybrooks, and for a time the Noack name - through the brothers Paul, Anton and Tim, with their father Eric a great sponsor - was synonomous with the Lions.