Beaton Hall Squires, LL.B, BA (December 16, 1881 – February 8, 1962) was an All-American football player and a noted Canadian lawyer.
Born in rural Newfoundland, Squires became a star football player at Harvard University and was selected by Walter Camp as his first-team All-American at the right guard position in 1905.
[9] 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 reportedBeaton H. Squires, Harvard's giant guard may be elected captain of the football eleven next year.
[10]On the eve of his election as Harvard's captain, a New York newspaper noted that, despite growing up in rural Newfoundland and not being a society man, his skill and leadership on the field supported his candidacy Born and reared in the country, the big fellow was proof against every accident.
Squires' steady and consistent work makes him a leading candidate for the captaincy next year, despite the fact that he is in no sense of the word a society man.
[11]In its coverage of the 1905 Harvard-Yale game, the Philadelphia Inquirer compared the "sturdy Squires" to a steam shovel smashing into the Yale line.
[12] During the 1905 season, while Squires was captain of the Harvard team, a national debate erupted over the violent nature of the sport of football.