Shaun Brooks
Personal information
Full name Shaun Brooks[1]
Date of birth (1962-10-09) 9 October 1962[1]
Place of birth Reading,[1] England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Youth career
Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1983 Crystal Palace 54 (4)
1983–1987 Leyton Orient 148 (26)
1987–1992 Bournemouth 128 (13)
1992–1994 Dorchester Town
1994 Bournemouth 1 (0)
1994–1996 Leyton Orient 50 (2)
Worthing
Total 381 (45)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shaun Brooks (born 9 October 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient and Bournemouth.[3] He is the son of Johnny Brooks who was also a professional footballer for several clubs and represented England on three occasions.[4]

Playing career

Brooks began his youth career with Crystal Palace and signed professional terms in October 1979.[5] His senior debut came in a home 1–0 win against Leeds United on 12 April 1980, but it was his only appearance that season. Over the next three seasons, Brooks made 17, (0 goals), 25 (2) and 7 (2) appearances respectively,[6] and in October 1983[5] after four further games,[6] moved on to Leyton Orient.

In four seasons at Leyton Orient, brooks made 148 League appearances scoring 26 times before moving on to Bournemouth in 1987 for whom he played 128 times (13 goals). He was released by Bournemouth in 1992 and spent two seasons with Dorchester Town before making a brief return to Bournemouth. Brooks finished his League career with Leyton Orient, moving to Worthing in 1996.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Shaun Brooks". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ "Shaun Brooks". Football Database EU.
  4. ↑ "England Players – Johnny Brooks". Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 318. ISBN 0907969542.
  6. 1 2 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 254–261. ISBN 0907969542.
  • Shaun Brooks at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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