Ralph Brooks
Name: Ralph Brooks
Alias: Sgt. Brooks
Hometown: Hunnewell, Kansas, USA
Birthplace: Hunnewell, Kansas, USA
Died: 1926-02-17 (Age:25)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 183cm
Reach: 193cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Manager: Mike Curran (Witchita, KS}
Ralph Brooks, Jack Dempsey's sparring partner in early 1926, Brooks died at Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 17, 1926, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Police theorized he had committed suicide after learning that his girlfriend had left him back in Wichita, Kansas. Feb. 18, 1926 Spokane Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA, USA)
The paper also reported that Sgt. Brooks said to be the champion of the Army in Occupation of Germany." He was stationed at the Hawaiian Islands in 1918; France; and Camp Dodge, Des Moines, IA. Promoted to Sergeant Dec 1918. Discharged February 1919. Re-Enlisted and sent to Germany.