Bennie Muller
 Bennie Muller in 1961 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 August 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1970 | Ajax | ||
| International career | |||
| 1960–1968 | Netherlands | 43 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bennie Muller (born 14 August 1938) is a Dutch former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.
Muller was born in the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam-East.[1] His grandfather was a fruit seller named Levi Sluiter.[2] Approximately 200 members of Muller's extended family were killed in the Holocaust.[3]
Football career
Muller played club football for Ajax.[4][1]
He also appeared for the Dutch national side on 43 occasions.[5]
Personal life
Muller is Jewish,[6][7] and was one of only five Jewish players to have played for Ajax – the others being Eddy Hamel, Johnny Roeg, Sjaak Swart and Daniël de Ridder.[8][9]
Muller married on 27 September 1961. He has a daughter, Petra,[10] and a son Danny, who is also a professional footballer. Muller later owned a cigar shop near Central Station.[3]
References
- ^ a b Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
- ^ Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest ... - Simon Kuper
- ^ a b Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer - David Winner
- ^ Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest ... - Simon Kuper
- ^ "Bennie Muller – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ Franklin Foer; Marc Tracy (30 October 2012). Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame. Grand Central Publishing. pp. 130–. ISBN 978-1-4555-1611-7.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Anne Frank and antisemitism: The unwelcome focus of European soccer - Diaspora - Jerusalem Post
- ^ "Bennie Muller | 1968-1969" - PES Stats Database
- ^ Aankomst Ajax op Schiphol, Bennie Muller werd op Schiph begroet door zijn dochtertje Petra. Nationaal Archief 2010–2013
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