John Divers (19 January 1874 – 13 March 1942) was a Scottish

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who played as a

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for Hibernian,

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, Everton and

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. He won the

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a c ...

and

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

(having returned to the club for a second spell after a dispute over critical press reporters which led to his suspension and departure, along with Peter Meechan, in 1897), and with Hibs in

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...

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* 1874 births 1942 deaths Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Glasgow People from Calton Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Hibernian F.C. players Celtic F.C. players Everton F.C. players Benburb F.C. players Vale of Clyde F.C. players Scottish Football League representative players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1870s-stub