Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-12-29 | Page 12 | Frank Brooks, Texas Fullback, Missed Bid

Frank Brooks Texas Fullback Missed Bid Bd By Lamar Nelson etson Frank Brooks city all-city fullback on East highs high's 1942 football team and currently a a. marine officer trainee at North Texas Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural tural college was fas as visiting relatives and former Leopard cohorts in Salt Lake City Tuesday The Towhead as he was called during his days on n the prep gridiron gridiron gridiron grid grid- iron was regular fullback on the North Texas football team which barely missed an invitation to the Cotton Bowl Brooks and his Aggie teammates were defeated defeat defeat- I ed only three times during the during the 1943 season Glen Dobbs and his Randolph Randolph Randolph Ran Ran- dolph Field Fliers unleashed a aFrank I H 5 5 S w tv 0 S 4 S Of a S L S j Frank Brooks Former East high star home on leave f quarter fourth-quarter passing attack to clip the 21 to 13 of Texas also defeated defeated defeated de de- de- de the North 20 to 0 and 26 0 Later Southwestern went on to win a Sun Bowl bid with the New Mexico Lobos Brooks' Brooks biggest accomplishment was noldi holding g the mighty Texas Ag Ag- gies to a scoreless tie Frank says that prep football Is Ison on n the e in Texas People F are always talking about it down there Brooks stated High school football draws fans' fans interest in Texas much more than in Utah he said Brooks won the title LittleJohn LittleJohn Little LittleJohn John Kimbrough among Texas F grid fans But Frank isn't so little He stands about 5 feet 10 and packs pounds of solid football dynamite Brooks was noted for his blockbusting effect when hitting opposing lines line's during during during dur dur- ing his high school career The former East high star arrived arrived ar ar- ar rived home Christmas day and expects expects ex ex- to leave for tor Texas New Years Year's day Also a basketball player of some note Brooks played first first- string guard for Mick Oswalds Oswald's J city champion quintet q last year