[1] He won gold with the Netherlands Antilles team (under the Curaçao Football Association) at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games and participated in the 1953 CCCF Championship.
[2][3] In the football match of Aruba vs. Botafogo (3-1), in August 1952, Brokke scored the first goal when he took a penalty.
[5] Brokke played for SV Racing Club Aruba, football, tennis as well as basketball.
[11] Brokke worked for the Eagle Refinery on the west side of the island, until the close down of operations towards the end of 1953.
The announcement of the election results mentioned that Brokke was 'regarded as Aruba's most popular all-round sportsman.