Pat Van Den Hauwe

Everton Giant - Year Inducted: 2020

The inimitable Pat Van den Hauwe, christened Psycho Pat by supporters, joined Everton directly after the Club’s 1984 FA Cup triumpH.

His ferocious approach quickly earned him the affection of the Goodison faithful and he won the League Championship and European Cup Winners' Cup at the end of his first season.

Van den Hauwe also helped the Blues to another league title two years later - when his goal against Norwich City at Carrow Road confirmed the Blues as champions.

He played a total of 201 games and scored three goals for Everton before moving to Tottenham Hotspur in 1989. He later had spells at Millwall and Notts County.  

Van den Hauwe returned to the Everton to work for its official charity, Everton in the Community (EITC), back in 2016.

He had not long resettled on Merseyside after more than 20 years living in South Africa when Everton extended their invite for Van den Hauwe to rekindle his relationship with the Club.

Upon van den Hauwe entering the Everton Hall of Fame as an Everton Giant in 2020, Chairman Bill Kenwright said: “Pat is an Evertonian through and through. He was born in Belgium, has a cockney accent and played for Wales. But he is an Everton legend.

“To be called Psycho Pat is pretty exceptional, even in football. The psycho side of him was his look [on the field] but also his extraordinary ability to faze an opponent.

“Pat Van den Hauwe gave 110 per cent and he loved the Club and that matters. He was a great, great left-back.

“But that’s not the only reason he is going to be named an Everton Giant. Pat didn’t find life easy after he left Everton. He relocated to Liverpool and was met by Denise [Barrett-Baxendale, current Everton CEO and formerly chief executive of EitC].

“She asked would he like to come and work in the community and he jumped at the opportunity. He wasn’t paid, he just came and became an almost incognito member of our community team.

“Over the years, Pat Van den Hauwe has become a pivotal part of that community programme. I think that is one of the great Everton stories.

“This club pulls you in and as long as you are faithful to it, it won’t let you down. Well done Pat, a true Everton Giant."