Frank Brooks
Southern rhodesian sportsman
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| Intro | Southern rhodesian sportsman | |
| Places | South Africa | |
| was | Athlete Tennis player Rugby union player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 1884, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | |
| Death | 1952Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe (aged 68 years) |
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Frank Bertram Brooks (1884–1952) was a Southern Rhodesian sportsman who represented his country as a cricketer, a rugby union player and as a tennis player.
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Born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, on 10 September 1884, Frank Brooks was educated at Bedford School. He was a member of one of Southern Rhodesia's greatest sporting families, and the younger brother of Freddie Brooks OBE. He represented Southern Rhodesia in cricket, between 1909 and 1922, in rugby union and in tennis, and was Rhodesian men's doubles champion for twenty-one years, between 1910 and 1931.
Frank Brooks died in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 19 August 1952, aged 67.