| Bondoc Ionescu-Crum | |||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1915 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Bregovo, Bulgaria | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Brașov, Romania | ||||||||||
| Position: | Defender | ||||||||||
| Clubs1: | Sportul Studențesc București | ||||||||||
| Clubs2: | Venus București | ||||||||||
| Manageryears1: | 1956–1958 | ||||||||||
| Managerclubs1: | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||||||
| Managerclubs2: | Tractorul Brașov | ||||||||||
| Managerclubs3: | Hidromecanica Brașov | ||||||||||
| Pcupdate: | 8 May 2021
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Bondoc Ionescu-Crum (3 April 1915 – 24 June 1994) was a Romanian athlete and a football defender and manager.
Bondoc Ionescu-Crum was born in the Bulgarian commune Bregovo to Romanian parents.[1] [2] [3] When he was a little child, his family settled in Brașov where he attended the Andrei Șaguna College.[1] In 1934, at the Inter-school Competitions that took place on the Câmpia Libertății from Blaj, he won five races and set a new national record in the long jump, jumping 7.03 meters.[1] [2] He won the title of vice-champion of the same event at the Balkan Games in Istanbul the following year.[1] [2] Ionescu-Crum competed in the men's long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[4] [3] [5] He was also a footballer, playing as a defender for Sportul Studențesc București and Venus București, winning the Divizia A title with Venus in the 1938–39 season, playing 7 games in the campaign.[6] [3] [7] He fought for the Romanian Armed Forces in World War II being injured and having achievements for which he was decorated.[1] [3] [8] After World War II, Ionescu-Crum became a football manager, coaching Universitatea Craiova, Tractorul Brașov and Hidromecanica Brașov.[1] [2] [3] [8] He received post-mortem the Honorary Citizen of Brașov title, also having a street in the city named after him.[1] [9]
Venus București
Universitatea Craiova
1957–58[8]