Mentor of football greats

sters he helped were Kenneth Ferrie, a three-time winner on the European Tour, and 1986 British Amateur champion David Curry.

David also used to represent the North East on the England Golf Junior Committee and was presented with the Gerald Micklem Award by England Golf for his contribution to the sport in 1990.

Speaking at the time of his retirement from Wallsend Boys Club back in 2003, David said: “Oh, I haven’t made much money but I wouldn’t change my life for anything.

The funeral of David Beardall at Newcastle’s West Road Crematorium Some of those who gathered outside the crematorium

David Beardall in 2003, when he retired from Wallsend Boys Club