Date of birth December 7, 1947 College Texas Rank Brigadier general Position(s) Defensive lineman | Place of death Houston, Texas Place of birth Shidler, Oklahoma Name Leo Brooks Siblings Vincent K. Brooks | |
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Date of death April 4, 2002(2002-04-04) (aged 55) Role Vincent K. Brooks' brother Education United States Military Academy | ||
Allegiance United States of America Service/branch United States Army | ||
Leonard Leo Brooks, Jr. (December 7, 1947 – April 4, 2002) 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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