Perry Brooks

{{Short description|American football player (1954–2010)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Perry Brooks

| number = 69

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1954|12|4|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Bogalusa, Louisiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|03|01|1954|12|4|mf=y}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gobogalusa.com/articles/2010/03/06/obituaries/doc4b928d089b696892453487.txt |title=Perry Brooks Sr. |date=March 6, 2010 |newspaper=Bogalusa Daily News |publisher=Wick Communications |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711103250/http://www.gobogalusa.com/articles/2010/03/06/obituaries/doc4b928d089b696892453487.txt |archive-date=2011-07-11}}

| death_place = Woodbridge, Virginia, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lbs = 285

| high_school = Angie (LA) Wesley Ray

| college = Southern

| draftyear = 1976

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 202

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1977}}–{{NFL Year|1984}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl Champion (XVII)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 27.0

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 4

| pfr = BrooPe20

}}

Perry Brooks (December 4, 1954 – March 1, 2010){{Cite web |title=Perry Brooks Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BrooPe20.htm |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Southern University and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1976 NFL draft by the New England Patriots. He is the father of linebacker Ahmad Brooks.

After his career ended, Brooks served as a salesman at Cowles Nissan in Woodbridge, Virginia.{{cite web | last=Mosley | first=Matt | title=Former Skins player Brooks dies | website=ESPN.com | date=2010-03-07 | url=https://www.espn.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/id/11766/former-skins-player-brooks-dies | access-date=2024-12-21}}