Bob Squires played a single league game for Exeter City in September 1949 having joined the club from Doncaster Rovers. He left to sign for Weymouth.

Playing for Selby Town, Bob joined Doncaster Rovers as an eighteen-year-old in September 1937 but did not feature in the first-team before the outbreak of war. Retained after the end of hostilities Bob eventually made 21 league appearances for Doncaster during the 1947/48 season.

Turning down Peterborough United, Bob signed for Exeter City in July 1949, but only had one league outing for the Grecians at Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road on 10 September 1949..

Signing for Weymouth in the summer of 1950, Bob later played for Ilfracombe Town and Minehead and died in Salisbury on 21 March 2011.