One of many players drafted in during the 1936/37 season in an attempt to replace England Amateur International centre-forward Bill Charlton after his move to Q.P.R.

In one of football's strange twists of fate, Brooks had scored twice for Streatham Town when they beat the Dons in the previous season's Surrey Senior Cup semi-final, but was one of the two players deemed ineligible, necessitating a replay which the Dons won to reach the final.