Johnny Brooks

Johnny Brooks

Football player infobox
playername=Johnny Brooks


fullname= John Brooks
dateofbirth=birthdateandage|1931|12|23|df=y
cityofbirth=Reading
countryofbirth=England
dateofdeath=
cityofdeath=
countryofdeath=
position=Inside forward
years=1949–1952 1953–1959 1959–1960 1961–1963 1964–1964
clubs=Reading Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea Brentford Crystal Palace
caps(goals)=046 0(5) 166 (46) 046 0(6) 083 (36) 007 0(0)
nationalyears= 1956
nationalteam=England
nationalcaps(goals)=003 0(2)

Johnny Brooks (born 23 December 1931 in Reading) was a former professional footballer who played for Reading Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Brentford, Crystal Palace and represented England on three occasions and scoring twice. [ Hugman,B,J,(Ed)"The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records (1946-2005)" 2005 p84 ISBN 1852916656 Retrieved 16 September 2008]

Football career

Brooks began his senior club career for his home town club of Reading. He joined the club in April 1949 where he played a total of 46 times and scoring five goals in the position of inside forward. In February 1953 the skilful, creative player made the move to Tottenham for a fee and the exchange of two players. He scored a total of 51 goals in 179 appearances in all competitions for the club. Brooks joined Chelsea in an exchange deal in December 1959 where he went on to feature in 46 matches and score on six occasions for the club. He left Chelsea to join Brentford in September 1961 and made 83 appearances and scoring 36 times. He finished his first class career at Crystal Palace in 1964 and played seven times.

After football

Today, Brooks is retired and living in Bournemouth. [ [http://www.mehstg.com/whereare.htm#B "Where are they now?"] Retrieved 16 September 2008]

Exterior links

* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/johnnybrooks.htm Fact file]
* [http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/?pf=p&i=2061&
]
* [http://www.pitchside.net/news/story.php?StoryID=511 Johnny Brooks interview]
* [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players]

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