Kenneth Eugene Wilburn (June 8, 1944 – October 6, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Central State Marauders from 1962 to 1966 and set a career scoring record. He led the team to an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) championship in 1965.Lawrence Casey. "Beleaguered Bulls try new face". ''Chicago Defender''. November 2, 1967. 39. Wilburn played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA),

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

(ABA), and the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL)/

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(EBA). Wilburn was a three-time EPBL/EBA champion with the

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. He won the EPBL

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award in 1968 with the Trenton Colonials and the EBA Most Valuable Player award with the Allentown Jets in 1974. Wilburn joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in November 1967 to provide reinforcement after the team had lost several players to injuries. He returned to the team for the 1968–69 season, but was waived in November 1968. Wilburn became a school teacher after his retirement from playing and taught at Chelsea Heights Elementary School in

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. He was indicted on December 21, 1996, on charges that he sexually assaulted six students on school field trips and in his home between September 1990 and June 1995.

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Career statistics
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https://www.basketball-reference.com

Draft information
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http://www.thedraftreview.com/
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