England Lacrosse is deeply saddened to hear of the death of former Boardman and Eccles player, Alan Dyer.

Alan was a true lacrosse enthusiast and gentleman of the game and he will be sadly missed by everyone in the lacrosse family.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Alan played for Boardman and Eccles lacrosse club based in Salford and was a very good “first home” (a closer attacker in modern terminology), scoring heaps of goals for Boardman's A and first teams.

During his time at Boardman, he was recognised as a great believer and encourager of the young players who were playing at the club at the time.

Once his playing career came to an end, Alan turned his considerable talents to assisting with organising, managing and directing lacrosse at a local level for Boardman, at a Regional Level with the North West Lacrosse Association and at National level.

Alan's contribution was significant first as a member of the English Lacrosse Union's (ELU) executive committee, then as part of the amalgamation group which brought the ELU and the All England Women's Lacrosse Association (AEWLA) which formed the English Lacrosse Association in 1996.

Alan was especially involved in helping the new organisation in the late 1990s when he played a key role, along with Ron Balls, in managing the financial restructure after hosting the 1999 European Championships.

At this time Alan supported the CEO, David Shuttleworth, in restructuring the workforce and then securing the organisation with further structural reform.

As so many people have commented throughout all his volunteer work, he was a true gentleman, an intellectual, a pragmatist and a supporter of all in lacrosse.

He will certainly be remembered with affection by all who played and worked with him.

His family has requested privacy at this time and to respect their wishes we will not be publishing details of the funeral arrangements.