Patrick Stirling (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 November 1862 | ||
| Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1925, age 63 | ||
| Place of death | Doncaster, England | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1885?−? | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Patrick Stirling (5 November 1862 − 1925) was a Scottish footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers and was Mayor of Doncaster.[1] His father, also called Patrick Stirling,[1] was Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway and designer of the 4-2-2 steam locomotive Stirling single that set speed records during the race to the north.[2][3]
Stirling was born in Kilmarnock in 1862 to parents Patrick and Margaret, and had two elder brothers, Robert and Matthew.[3] With his father getting the job for GNR, the family later moved to Doncaster, Yorkshire where his sister Jane and brother James were born.[4]
At the age of 18, he was employed as an engine fitter at Great Northern Railway’s Doncaster Works[4] and by 1885−86 he was playing for Doncaster Rovers in their early days as a football club.[1]
Stirling gave a lifetime of public service to the town, becoming became Mayor of Doncaster in 1914.[1][5]
On 29 April 1891 he was married to Sarah Ann Roberts,[6] and died in Doncaster in 1925 aged 63.[7]