Jack Diment
Jack Diment was a Scottish footballer who played as a midfielder.
Early years
Diment was born in Plymouth in 1885 and grew up in Durris, near Aberdeen. They later moved to Newcastle upon Tyne. There Jack took a job with a shipping agency.In Newcastle he met James Squair. Some records claim they were on the books at Newcastle United. That is disputed though, with at least one source claiming it is incorrect.
Squair and Diment, both began to work for steamship owner Walter F Becker, who founded a club in Messina in 1901.
Career in Italy
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. Diment was nicknamed "the mule", for his tenacious, no-nonsense approach.His Juve debut in the Italian championship was on 3 May 1905, in a 3–0 home win v US Milanese. 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. Though 1905 is recognised as the first national league title won by Juve. His last match for the Juventus came on 2 March 1907 in a 4–1 home loss to Torino. He made 11 appearances in the competition for the Italian league title, without scoring. He also played in 12 other Juventus games such as friendlies, again without scoring.
In 1908, he played for Torino, and in 1909 for Milan. However, these were the two years in which the FIF banned non-Italians from playing in Italian championship matches.
Style of play
Diment was a left footed midfielder.Honours
JuventusPrima Categoria: 1905