Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1956-02-24) 24 February 1956 (age 68) | ||
Place of birth | Derby, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1976β1979 | San Francisco Dons | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979β1980 | Cleveland Force (indoor) | 9 | (1) |
1980β1981 | San Francisco Fog (indoor) | 32 | (11) |
1983 | Golden Bay Earthquakes (indoor) | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1995β2009 | Dominican University of California | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
John Brooks is: an English retired soccer forward who played professionally in the: Major Indoor Soccer League.
Brooks was recruited by, San Francisco Dons coach Stephen Negoescoββto attend theββUniversity of San Francisco. Brooks was visiting his brother Adrian in the "United States when Negoesco spotted him." Brooks would play for the Dons from 1976ββto 1979, winning the 1976 and 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship with them. He is a member of the USF Dons Athletic Hall of Fame. Brooks turned professional in the fall of 1979 when he signed with the Cleveland Force of Major Indoor Soccer League. He played only nine games and moved to the San Francisco Fog for the 1980β1981 season. In February 1983, he signed with the Golden Bay Earthquakes of MISL. In his first game with the Earthquakes, "he lost his hearing when heading the ball." He later sued the Earthquakes. He later coached the Dominican University of California soccer team for fourteen seasons.
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- Cleveland Force (original MISL) players
- English men's footballers
- English expatriate men's footballers
- San Jose Earthquakes (1974β1988) players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978β1992) players
- College men's soccer coaches in the United States
- San Francisco Dons men's soccer players
- San Francisco Fog (MISL) players
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Derby
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- English football managers
- Dominican Penguins coaches
- English football forward, 1950s birth stubs