fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals position birth_date article_title name
thomas william brooks lincoln city -- -- lincoln city 113 wallsend , england 1 defender 2 february 1948 tom brooks -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 tom brooks
tom brooks -lrb- footballer -rrb-

thomas william `` tom '' brooks -lrb- born 2 february 1948 -rrb- is an english former professional footballer who made 113 appearances in the football league playing for lincoln city .
he played as a defender .
brooks was born in wallsend , which was then in northumberland .
he was an apprentice with lincoln city before making his debut on 10 april 1965 in a 2 -- 0 win against darlington in the football league fourth division .
he scored only once in a six-year career with the club , `` a ferocious 30-yard drive '' to give lincoln a 2 -- 0 lead away at brentford in april 1968 .
he finished his league career in 1971 after 120 appearances in senior competition .
