Chet Brooks

{{Short description|American football player (born 1966)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Chet Brooks

| number = 31

| position = Safety

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|1|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Midland, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 191

| high_school = David W. Carter (Dallas, Texas)

| college = Texas A&M

| draftyear = 1988

| draftround = 11

| draftpick = 303

| pastteams =

• San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1988|1990}})

| highlights =

• 2× Super Bowl champion (XXIII, XXIV)
• Second-team All-SWC (1987)

| statlabel1 = Interceptions

| statvalue1 = 3

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 2

| statlabel3 = Sacks

| statvalue3 = 1.0

| pfr = BrooCh20

}}

Terrance Donnell "Chet" Brooks (born January 1, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for three seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies and coined the name "Wrecking Crew" for their defense.{{Cite web |last=Griffin |first=Tim |date=July 28, 2008 |title=Revisiting the 'Wrecking Crew' and 'Blackshirts' |url=http://myespn.go.com/blogs/big12/0-1-99/Revisiting-the--Wrecking-Crew--and--Blackshirts-.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920104110/http://myespn.go.com/blogs/big12/0-1-99/Revisiting-the--Wrecking-Crew--and--Blackshirts-.html |archive-date=September 20, 2008 |access-date=December 3, 2008 |website=ESPN.com}} Brooks was selected by the 49ers in the 11th round of the 1988 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1988 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1988/draft.htm |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He started in Super Bowl XXIV.

Brooks suffered a career-ending injury during the 49ers' game vs. the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on November 4, 1990.