14 Facts About Bob Woolf

Bob Woolf was an American sports agent and lawyer.

Bob Woolf's father, Joseph R Woolf, was a physician who had immigrated from Belarus.

Bob Woolf's mother, Anna Rose nee Glovsky, was born in Salem MA, the daughter of immigrants from Ottoman Palestine.

Bob Woolf's family moved to Boston when he was a teenager, and at 16, he started The Woolf Supply Company of New England, buying and selling factory-direct household items to retailers.

Bob Woolf earned his JD from Boston University School of Law.

Bob Woolf spent two years in the Army after earning his degree and opened a law firm in Boston following his discharge.

In 1965, Red Sox pitcher Earl Wilson pitched a no-hitter and asked Bob Woolf to handle his endorsements and related off-the-field opportunities.

Bob Woolf closed his law office in 1971 to focus full-time on representing athletes.

At the time of his death in 1993, his company, Bob Woolf Associates, employed 30 people and had offices in Miami, Spain, Dallas, Los Angeles and New York.

Bob Woolf had represented 2000 clients, including athletes as well as celebrities such as New Kids on the Block and Larry King.

Bob Woolf negotiated an estimated 20,000 contracts worth more than $1bn.

In 1996, Woolf Associates was purchased by former Boston Bruin Bobby Orr.

Bob Woolf had three other houses in Massachusetts, as well as homes in Portland, Maine, Marina del Rey, New York; and Jerusalem.

Bob Woolf died of a heart attack in Hallandale, Florida when he was 65.