Patrick Stirling (footballer) (original) (raw)

Patrick Stirling (5 November 1862 − 1925) was a Scottish footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers and was Mayor of Doncaster. His father, also called Patrick Stirling, 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. At the age of 18, he was employed as an engine fitter at Great Northern Railway's Doncaster Works and by 1885−86 he was playing for Doncaster Rovers in their early days as a football club.