About Wilbur Kirkland
Born 1947. Wilbur Kirkland is an American basketball player.
Wilbur Kirkland (born 1947), also known as Willie Kirkland, is an American former professional basketball player. After a college career at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Kirkland played in two games for the Pittsburgh Pipers in the American Basketball Association. Kirkland spent the next eight years playing for teams in Greece, Italy, and Switzerland, retiring from professional basketball in 1978.
Wilbur is also the older brother of Thaddeus Kirkland, a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1993 until 2016 and mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania until 2023.
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Who is Wilbur Kirkland?
basketball player
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Wilbur Kirkland was born in 1947 in South Carolina.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Wilbur Kirkland. https://biography.guide/wilbur-kirkland/
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Chicago: "Wilbur Kirkland." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/wilbur-kirkland/.
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