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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born: | December 7, 1947 Shidler, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | April 4, 2002 (aged 54) Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 261 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Kermit (TX) | ||||||||
| College: | Texas | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1970 / round: 2 / pick: 31 | ||||||||
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Leonard Leo Brooks Jr. (December 7, 1947 – April 4, 2002) was a professional American football defensive lineman, who played for the National Football League (NFL)'s St. Louis Cardinals. 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 on April 4, 2002, at the M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston.