He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal for Indian clubs.

[6] Initially, his family lived in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, where his father was a worker and foreman at the Florsheim Shoe Company.

[6][7] Erenberg noted that Los Angeles became a growth center for gymnastics and Roosevelt High produced several Olympic athletes including track star Lillian Copeland, divers Johnny and Michael Galitzen, and basketball player Sam Balter who won a gold in the 1936 Olympics.

[6] Erenberg won the 1932 National American Athletic Union (AAU) Championship in Indian Clubs.

[15] He received his invitation to the Olympics during the years he was enrolled at Medical School, eventually graduating from UC Irvine in 1934.