Cretzmeyer excelled in several track and field events, including long jump, high jump, and javelin, representing his school from 1934 until 1936, the year that he both graduated and was also an alternate at the Olympics, in the hurdles event.
Cretzmeyer excelled in several track and field events, including long jump, high jump, and javelin. In 1936, he graduated from the University of Iowa, the same year that he was an alternate at the Olympics, in the hurdles event.