Jock Stirling
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Hamilton Stirling | ||
| Date of birth | 1887[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Clydebank, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1924 (aged 36–37)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1907–1908 | Clydebank Juniors | ||
| 1908–1911 | Clyde | 75 | (18) |
| 1911–1914 | Middlesbrough | 103 | (8) |
| 1914–1919 |
Bradford Park Avenue | 31 | (2) |
| 1917 | → Third Lanark (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1919–1920 | Stoke | 20 | (1) |
| 1920 | Coventry City | 5 | (0) |
| 1920 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| 1920–1924 | Alloa Athletic | 64 | (7) |
| Total | 301 | (36) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Hamilton Stirling (1887–1924) was a Scottish
Career
Stirling was born in
Bradford Park Avenue where he spent the 1914–15 season before football was halted due to the outbreak of World War I.[1]
After the end of the war Stirling joined
Football League status after falling foul of financial mismanagement.[1] He played in 21 matches for Stoke, scoring once against Stockport County in October 1919.[1] He left for Coventry City in March 1920 and played five matches for the Sky Blues before returning to Scotland with Dunfermline Athletic (then playing in the Central League) and Alloa Athletic.[2]
At representative level, he played in the
Sheffield while with Clyde.[2]
Career statistics
Source:[5]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Middlesbrough | 1911–12 | First Division | 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
| 1912–13 | First Division | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| 1913–14 | First Division | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4 | |
| Total | 103 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 112 | 8 | ||
Bradford Park Avenue
|
1914–15 | First Division | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Stoke | 1919–20 | Second Division | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Coventry City | 1919–20 | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career Total | 159 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 172 | 11 | ||
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- ^ a b c John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Football. | Anglo-Scots, 4; Home Scots, 1., The Glasgow Herald, 12 March 1912
- ^ Association Football. | International Trial Match., The Glasgow Herald, 17 March 1914
- ^ Jock Stirling at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)