| Position: | Defense |
| Played For: | Chicago Black Hawks |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 248 |
| Birth Date: | November 28, 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Hibbing, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Hibbing, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Career Start: | 1931 |
| Career End: | 1946 |
Joseph Thomas "Brute" Bretto (November 28, 1912 – January 27, 2007) was an American professional ice hockey defenseman who played three games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1944–45 season. Bretto spent most of his career, which lasted from 1931 to 1946, in various minor leagues.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1931–32 | Hibbing Maroons | CHL | 36 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1932–33 | Hibbing Maroons | CHL | 40 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1933–34 | Hibbing Miners | CHL | 29 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 141 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| 1933–34 | Boston Tigers | Can-Am | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1934–35 | Boston Tigers | Can-Am | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1934–35 | Minneapolis Millers | CHL | 43 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1935–36 | Detroit Olympics | IHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Windsor Bulldogs | IHL | 41 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1936–37 | Cleveland Falcons | IAHL | 47 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1937–38 | Cleveland Barons | IAHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1937–38 | Minneapolis Millers | AHA | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | ||
| 1938–39 | St. Paul Saints | AHA | 44 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1939–40 | St. Paul Saints | AHA | 46 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1940–41 | St. Paul Saints | AHA | 48 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1941–42 | St. Paul Saints | AHA | 29 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1944–45 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | St. Paul Saints | USHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHA totals | 205 | 41 | 46 | 87 | 283 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 32 | ||||
| NHL totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||