title: Charlie Brooker (ice hockey)
text: # Charlie Brooker (ice hockey)
  
  Charles Brooker (March 25, 1932 – December 18, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey winger who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics.
  
  ## Career
  
  From 1950 to 1952, Brooker played junior hockey with the Waterloo Hurricanes of the Ontario Hockey Association. He was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, which won the bronze medal for Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Brooker later worked as a player/coach for the Olympia Ice Hockey Club of Belgium during the 1966–1967 season. He also coached in Austria and for Waterloo Lutheran University. Outside of hockey, he worked as a salesman.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Brooker died on December 18, 2020, at the age of 88.
  
  