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Leo Brooks
Date of birth: (1947-12-07)December 7, 1947
Place of birth: Shidler, Oklahoma
Date of death: April 4, 2002(2002-04-04) (aged 54)
Place of death: Houston, Texas
Career information
Position(s): Defensive lineman
College: Texas
NFL Draft: 1970 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31
Organizations
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

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. 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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