Steve Brooks (basketball)

Steve Brooks
Personal information
Born	St. Louis, Missouri
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College	Arkansas State (1969–1974)
NBA draft	1974 / Round: 8 / Pick: 131st overall
	Selected by the Houston Rockets
Position	Center
Career highlights and awards
	Southland Player of the Year (1974); 2× First-team All-Southland (1972, 1974); Second-team All-Southland (1971);

Steve Brooks is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for the Arkansas State Red Wolves from 1969 to 1974.

Brooks was a native of St. Louis, Missouri.^[1] He was awarded as the Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1974.^[1] Brooks was a two-time selection to the first-team all-Southland Conference in 1972 and 1974.^[1] He was selected to the second-team in 1971.^[1] Brooks did not play during the 1972–73 season.^[2]

Brooks was selected in the 8th round of the 1974 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets.^[3] He was selected in the fifth round of the 1974 ABA draft by the Utah Stars.^[4]

Brooks was named to the Southland Conference 1970s All-Decade Team in 2013.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Five former ASU Basketball players named to Southland Conference 1970s All-Decade Team". KAIT8. March 4, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "Steve Brooks". The Draft Review. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "Rockets Draft History". NBA.com. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "1967–1976 ABA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved November 30, 2021.