Beaton Squires
| Harvard Crimson | |
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| Position | Tackle |
| Major | Law |
| Career history | |
| College | Harvard (1905) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | December 16, 1881 |
| Place of birth | Newfoundland |
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Beaton Hall Squires, LL.B, BA (December 16, 1881 - ?) was an All-American football player and a noted Canadian lawyer. Born in rural Newfoundland, Squires became a star football player at Harvard and was selected by Walter Camp as his first-team All-American at the right guard position in 1905. Squires received his law degree from Harvard and later became one of the leading solicitors in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Born in Newfoundland, Squires attended the public school in Newfoundland before enrolling at Harvard University. He came to Harvard on a fellowship given by the Canadian government. Squires received both BA and LL.B degrees from Harvard.
He played guard and tackle for the Harvard football team from 1903-1905. Harvard coach Bill Reid kept a diary of the 1905 season that was published as a book in 1994. Reid wrote that Squires was a big man who had worked his way through college working odd jobs. Reid considered Squires "a thoroughly respectable and decent fellow, although he is perhaps a little thick headed." Reid wrote that Squires had a job in 1904 as a conductor on Boston's electric railway. When a drunk passenger refused to pay his fare, Squires grabbed him by the nape of the neck and the trousers and threw him to the ground. A lawsuit filed by the man was dismissed, but Squires was dismissed by the company with the comment, "You are too strong for us; come back next year."
Squires became a star as a senior in 1905 and was selected as a consensus All-American at the end of the season. In the years prior to the establishment of professional football as a major sport, selection as one of the eleven players on the All-American team marked the highest level of accomplishment in the sport. Squires won the All-American honor despite having broken his thumb in a game against Bates College. As a senior in 1905, Squires was also selected as the captain of the Harvard football team, the first time a citizen of a country other than the United States received the honor. At the time, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported:
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