Career
Although only 5 foot 6 inches tall, he later played 24 games for the American Bar Association"s New York Nets during the 1968-1969 season. Willie played basketball for DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, leading the team to a New York City Championship in 1963. Playing before a crowded Madison Square Garden, he was named the championships Most Valuable Player that year.
The team also enjoyed a 38-game winning streak during his playing days.
National Basketball Association great, Nate "Tiny" Archibald, two years his junior, always looked up to Willie at DeWitt Clinton and eventually joined him in the backcourt at Texas El Paso (Texas Western) for the 1967-1968 season. She"d never seen me play at all," he said.
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. There, in conjunction with James Neal, he oversaw the shelter"s athletic programs.
By the end of the 1970s, the shelter had merged with another home located in Pomona, New York and Worsley had become a director
After this organization became bankrupt, Worsley became coach of the Spring Valley High School boy"s basketball team in Rockland County, New New York While continuing to coach the Spring Valley High School basketball team, Worsley became the Boys Choir of Harlem"s Dean of Students. In the 2006 film Glory Road about the 1966 championship team, Worsley was portrayed by Sam Jones III.