[citation needed] Crockett was a track star from his time at high school in Webster Groves in St. Louis County, Missouri.

[3] This was deemed at the time by the Los Angeles Times as "Immortality in 9 Seconds Flat",[4] and he was quickly tagged with the title the world's fastest man by Track and Field News[5] who put him on their June 1974 cover.

[9] Some people questioned his winning of his national titles because rivals were missing, and demeaned the legitimacy of his world record.

[10] Crockett became an administrator and director of business development for the College of Nursing at Forest Park Hospital in St Louis, Missouri.

[citation needed] Crockett was voted to be ranked among the best in the US and the world in the 100 m sprint event in the period from 1969 to 1974, according to Track and Field News.