James Squair

They both debuted for Juventus on 13 November 1904 playing for the Palla Dapples trophy, a trophy donated by Henri Dapples for a series challenge matches. They lost 1-0 at Genoa CFC. Squair has been described as a fair-haired, quick and creative inside left who chipped in with the occasional goal. His debut for Juve was on 12 March 1905 in the Italian championship, was in a 1–1 away draw again at Genoa. In his first season at Juventus, they won the Prima Categoria, a predecessor tournament of the 1929 formed Serie A. This was also prior to the Scudetto being awarded to the Italian league champions from 1924. 1905 is though recognised as the first national league title won by Juve. Juve came close to retaining the title in 1906. However, after a play-off versus Milan was drawn, Juve refused to replay, protesting that the replay was arranged in their opponents' city. Milan were thus awarded the title. His last match for the Juventus came on 13 January 1907 in a 2–1 away loss at Torino. That was the first ever Derby della Mole. He made nine appearances in the competition for the Italian league title in which he scored one goal for Juventus. He also played in 10 other Juventus games such as friendlies, scoring a further goal. In 1908, he played for Torino. However, that was the 1st of two years in which the FIF banned non-Italians from playing in Italian championship matches. Squair then relocated to Naples, appointed local manager for Peirce Brothers, an off-shoot of Becker's…

Squair was followed to Naples by Mabel Stroud, the daughter of an English lace manufacturer who was based in Turin. Squair married Mabel at the British Consulate in March 1909. In November they had a daughter named Emily. Five days after Emily's birth though, he died on St Andrews Day, 30 November 1909. His death certificate does not state the cause. He was 25. Diment married and fathered a daughter named Ruby with Mabel's sister, Olga. Diment and Olga later divorced.

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Prima Categoria: 1905