Salo Muller
Salo Muller (Amsterdam, 29 februari 1936) is een Nederlands fysiotherapeut, journalist en publicist. Hij werd vooral bekend als fysiotherapeut bij AFC Ajax.
Salo Muller was the son of Lena Blitz (Amsterdam, 20-10-1908) and Louis Muller (Amsterdam, 20-7-1903). Salo went into hiding in World War II as a Jewish child from 1942 after being rescued from the crèche in the Amsterdam Schouwburg. Both his parents perished in the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz. About his experiences during the war years, he wrote the book 'Till tonight and be nice hear'. These were the last words his mother spoke to him when she dropped him off at nursery school.
When the war was over, he was brought back to Amsterdam by his aunt. There, as a ten-year-old, he had some adjustment problems and did not finish high school. After being expelled from the lyceum, he eventually ended up at a course for remedial gymnast/masseur. His teacher, Mr Rodenburg, was an Ajax carer and was impressed by Muller. Through Rodenburg, Muller joined Ajax as an assistant and, from 1960, as a physiotherapist. Salo Muller remained with Ajax until 1972. He witnessed the team's rise to the golden years. He was there when Ajax won the European Cup I and, in addition to being a masseur, acted as an interlocutor for all the players.
After Ajax, he focused on building up his physiotherapy practice. He was also editor-in-chief of the physiotherapy magazine Fysioscoop for 30 years and wrote two books on injuries. In 2006, he published his book Mijn Ajax, about his experiences at Ajax between 1969 and 1972. In 2007, he published Blootgeven, a book about his work as a physiotherapist. In it, Muller describes many of his special patients.