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Wilburn
Boy NameEnglish Origin
Meaning
From a surname which was probably originally derived from an unknown place name. The second element
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Wilburn Hollis
Wilburn Hollis (November 12, 1940 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi) was a college football player for the University of Iowa from 1959–1961 and one of the first African-Americans to earn All-American.
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