Former footballer, snooker player and bartender Courtland Furbert has died at 66.

As well as playing with the Warwick Bombardiers and the Pembroke Hamilton Club during his football career, Mr Furbert represented the island in international competition.

In 1970, Furbert scored the equalising goal against Haiti in a match in Port-au-Prince with just three minutes left to go, although his son Lionel Furbert said his proudest achievement on the pitch was scoring four goals in a single game. He said that over the years, his father amassed a collection of nicknames on the pitch, including “Choo Choo Train”, “The Galloping Gourmet” and “Never Say Die”.

He also represented the island at billiards and snooker, often practising at Warwick Workman’s Club late at night when the bar emptied out.

Mr Furbert was a fixture behind the bar and was a bartender across the island — most notably at Spinning Wheel, where he worked for 20 years before retiring in 2014.

“He always had a big heart,” his son said. “He loved to sing, he loved to dance and he was always very proud of his family.

“Everyone knew him, and he was always the same. One of a kind. One of his favourite songs was Frank Sinatra’s My Way , and that’s how he lived. He did it his way.”

Mr Furbert said that his father’s sporting accomplishments were a great inspiration for him, encouraging him to try his own skills at football.

“He really left a legacy for me to follow and, while I don’t think I could fill his shoes, I did try to follow in his footsteps.

“He gave me a lot of drive and that helped me a lot.

“I told him before he died that’s what he passed on to me — a never-say-die attitude and that drive.”