- Forward for Chicago Bulls (1981-1986) New Jersey Nets (1986-1988) Los Angeles Lakers (1988-1990) Denver Nuggets (1990-1991) Detroit Pistons (1991-1993) Milwaukee Bucks (1993) and Philadelphia 76ers (1993-1994).
- #6 overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in 1981 out of Notre Dame.
- He is survived by his parents, Larnceen Woolridge and Mattie Woolridge of Mansfield, Louisana; sons, Renaldo Woolridge (Tennessee basketball player), Zachary Woolridge (Princeton basketball player), and Royce Woolridge (Kansas basketball player); a daughter, Tiana Woolridge (a women's volleyball player at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey); a sister, Vanessa Woolridge Duplessis.
- Cousin of basketball player, Willis Reed and Natasha Watley, an Olympic Gold Medal winner in Women's softball.
- He coached the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association in the late 1990s. He was Sparks interim head coach in 1998 and coach in 1999.
- He played for the University of Notre Dame for four seasons in Indiana under Coach Digger before he went to play to the Chicago Bulls in 1981 with Michael Jordan for five seasons. He played with Magic Johnson with the Los Angeles, Lakers. He also played for the New Jersey Nets from 1986 to 1987. He left in 1988 because of a cocaine addiction.
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