[1] Willie played basketball for DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, leading the team to a New York City Championship in 1963.

Remembering the Kentucky victory, Willie said he enjoyed the game for another reason: His working mother was home in front of a TV, watching.

[2] Toward the end of the 1960s, Worsley took over as coach for the now-defunct children's shelter Woodycrest located in High Bridge, The Bronx, New York City.

After this organization became bankrupt, Worsley became coach of the Spring Valley High School boys' basketball team in Rockland County, New York.

[3] While continuing to coach the Spring Valley High School basketball team, Worsley became the Boys Choir of Harlem's Dean of Students.