Patrick Stirling (footballer)
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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]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 November 1862 | ||
Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1925 (aged 63) | ||
Place of death | Doncaster, England | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1885−???? | Doncaster Rovers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stirling was born in Kilmarnock in 1862 to parents Patrick and Margaret, and had two elder brothers, Robert and Matthew.[3] With his father entering the employ of the GNR, the family 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 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]