Marshall Jones Brooks (30 May 1855 – 5 January 1944) was a nineteenth-century sportsman who was the British Amateur High jump champion in 1874 and 1876, world record holder for the High jump on three occasions, as well as a rugby union international who represented England in 1874.
[5] He attended Rugby School and went on to study at Brasenose College, Oxford from where he received his Master of Arts (M.A.).
[2] At Oxford, Brooks was also an athletics blue and won the Varsity Match high jump in both 1874 and 1876[7] and went on to become the British Amateur Champion in both those years after winning the AAC Championships.
[8][9] Prior to 1912, the high jump world record was not ratified by the IAAF and therefore there is only an unofficial progression.
[11] This mark stood for four years until broken by Patrick Davin of Ireland on 5 July 1880, in Garrick.