Noel Carter is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 player who played in the VFL between 1973 and 1977 for the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Football Club

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. He also played in the WAFL

West Australian Football League

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 for the South Fremantle Football Club

South Fremantle Football Club

The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League...

 between 1978 and 1985.

Carter captained the Bulldogs

South Fremantle Football Club

The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League...

 from 1979 to 1982, including leading them to the 1980 WAFL

West Australian Football League

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 premiership. He led the team goalkicking in the premiership year and won the club's Best and Fairest

Best and Fairest

Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...

, an award he won again in 1984. He captained the Western Australian state side in 1981 and captained South Fremantle

South Fremantle Football Club

The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League...

 again in 1985.

He was awarded Life Membership of the South Fremantle Football Club

South Fremantle Football Club

The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League...

in 1985.