| Gus Brooks | |
| Position: | Outfielder |
| Birth Date: | 1872 |
| Birth Place: | Alton, Illinois |
| Death Place: | Hastings, Michigan |
| Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
| Debutyear: | 1894 |
| Debutteam: | Chicago Unions |
| Finalyear: | 1895 |
| Finalteam: | Page Fence Giants |
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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.[1] [2] [3]