title: Gus Brooks
text: # Gus Brooks
  
  Gustavus Brooks (1872 – June 15, 1895) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1890s.
  
  A native of Alton, Illinois, Brooks played for the Chicago Unions in 1894, and for the Page Fence Giants the following season. He collapsed in the outfield during a game in Hastings, Michigan in 1895 and died two hours later at age 23.
  
  