Pat Van Den Hauwe: My Autobiography
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 178418327X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorPat Van Den Hauwe is a former professional soccer player whose career has included stints with Birmingham City, Everton, Millwall, and Tottenham Hotspur.
This autobiography is not the usual collection of career memories from an ex-pro. Throughout his career, and long after he left the game, Pat Van Den Hauwe courted danger. But 25 years ago, things were different. In a career encompassing some 401 Football League appearances for Birmingham City, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Millwall, he notched up two league titles and a European Cup Winners' Cup medal—but he also made his mark as one of the toughest and most feared defenders in the game. The way he lived his life meant that he needed to be tough off the pitch as well. There is no place on the pitch for player contact, let alone the sort of hard, robust tackling that could earn a player such a nickname. "Psycho" is a word rarely bandied about in soccer today. It is probably the most explicit book ever written by a former soccer player. And Pat Van Den Hauwe had a reputation as one of the hardest players in the game. A "hard nut" reputation invites people into your life who want to see how far they can push you—and Pat Van Den Hauwe attracted such people by the bus-load. In fact, he nearly paid the ultimate price for living life to the extreme. But Pat wasn't just a tough player on the pitch. "Psycho Pat:" legend or madman? Read on and find out.. Only when players really overstepped the mark were their names added to the referee's little black book
Pat Van Den Hauwe is a former professional soccer player whose career has included stints with Birmingham City, Everton, Millwall, and Tottenham Hotspur.
Michael Harvey said Five Stars. Amazing storyHow close we came to losing a true blue legend.