Retirement
Brook, like his City team mate Frank Swift, was selected to represent England in wartime internationals. Brook won two wartime caps in games against Wales and South Africa in 1939. In the match against Wales, Brook played alongside his Manchester City team mates Frank Swift and Bert Sproston. The England team also included Joe Mercer who would go on to manage Manchester City in the 1960s. In 1940, Brook was selected to represent England in a wartime international against Scotland. Whilst travelling to the match, he and Sam Barkas were involved in a car crash. Brook suffered a fractured skull. Brook and Barkas were replaced in the England team by Joe Richardson and the Scottish International Tommy Pearson. As a consequence of his fractured skull, Brook was unable to head a ball and decided to retire from football. His England team mates Frank Swift, Raich Carter, Stanley Matthews, Cliff Bastin and Tommy Lawton were able to continue their careers after the war. In contrast Brook became a coach driver in his home town of Mexborough. Later in his life he also spent time working as a publican in Halifax, and as a crane operator. He died at home in Wythenshawe in March 1965.
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