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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

Personal information
Date of birth	(1915-04-03)3 April 1915[1]
Place of birth	Bregovo, Bulgaria[1]
Date of death	24 June 1994(1994-06-24) (aged 79)[1]
Place of death	Brașov, Romania[1]
Position(s)	Defender[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Sportul Studențesc București
	Venus București
Teams managed
1956–1958	Universitatea Craiova
	Tractorul Brașov
	Hidromecanica Brașov
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2021 Sports career
Nationality	Romanian
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump

Life and career

Bondoc Ionescu-Crum was born in the Bulgarian commune Bregovo to Romanian parents.[3][4] When he was a little child, his family settled in Brașov where he attended the Andrei Șaguna College.[3] 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.[3][4] He won the title of vice-champion of the same event at the Balkan Games in Istanbul the following year.[3][4] Ionescu-Crum competed in the men's long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1][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.[2][6] He fought for the Romanian Armed Forces in World War II being injured and having achievements for which he was decorated.[3][7] After World War II, Ionescu-Crum became a football manager, coaching Universitatea Craiova, Tractorul Brașov and Hidromecanica Brașov.[3][4][7] He received post-mortem the Honorary Citizen of Brașov title, also having a street in the city named after him.[3][8]

Honours

Military decorations

• Crucea Comemorativă a celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial 1941–1945 (World War II Commemorative Cross 1941-1945) (1955)[3]

Player

Venus București

• Divizia A: 1938–39[2]
• Cupa României runner-up: 1939–40[9]

Manager

Universitatea Craiova

• Divizia C: 1957–58[7]

References

External links

• Bondoc Ionescu-Crum at Olympedia

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