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| Position: | Defensive back |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 21, 1949 Pineland, Texas, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Tennessee St. |
| NFL draft: | 1972 / round: 2 / pick: 45 |
| Career history | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Clifford Brooks, Jr. (born June 21, 1949) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, and New York Jets. He played college football at Tennessee State University and was selected in the second round of the 1972 NFL draft.[1]
Brooks was born in Pineland, Texas, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1972. He became Vice-President/Commercial Lending for First City National Bank, Houston, where he remained for thirteen years. He started Brooks Associates, a business management company, in 1990. In 2000, he became part owner of an ambulance company, assuming 100% ownership in 2002, but sold the company in 2007.
In 2008, he incorporated and became part owner of a crane servicing company, providing inspections, repairs, parts, and training for companies operating on-shore and off-shore hydraulic pedestal cranes in the oil and gas exploration industry.