Leo Brooks
Defensive lineman, American football player
1947 – 2002
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Who was Leo Brooks?
Leonard Leo Brooks, Jr. was a professional American football defensive lineman, who played for the National Football League's St. Louis Cardinals. He went to the Pro Bowl in 1976, his final season. Following the death of his father-in-law that spring, he gave up his football playing career and returned to Austin to run the family business. He was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in February 2001 and died at the M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston.
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- Born
- Dec 7, 1947
Shidler - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin
- Lived in
- Shidler
- Died
- Apr 4, 2002
Houston
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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