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 ==