Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 3 April 1915||
Place of birth | Bregovo, Bulgaria [1] | ||
Date of death | 24 June 1994[1] | (aged 79)||
Place of death | Brașov, Romania [1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender [2] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Sportul Studențesc București | |||
Venus București | |||
Managerial career | |||
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 | Long jump |
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. [3] [4] [5] 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] [6] 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] [5] [7] He fought for the Romanian Armed Forces in World War II being injured and having achievements for which he was decorated. [3] [5] [8] After World War II, Ionescu-Crum became a football manager, coaching Universitatea Craiova, Tractorul Brașov and Hidromecanica Brașov. [3] [4] [5] [8] He received post-mortem the Honorary Citizen of Brașov title, also having a street in the city named after him. [3] [9]
Venus București
Universitatea Craiova