Allen Iverson

Allen Ezail Iverson is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Answer", he played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) at both the shooting guard and point guard positions. Iverson won NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1997 and was an 11-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2001. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. In October 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Iverson is regarded as one of the game's greatest scorers, ball handlers, guards, and one of the most influential athletes in American sports.

7 June 1975

Born on the same birth day (7 June): Bert Sugar • Bradford Washburn • Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia • George Ezra • George Szell • Ian St John • Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden • Louise Erdrich • Marion Post Wolcott • Orhan Pamuk • Paul Gauguin • Prince (musician) • Robert S. Mulliken • Til Kiwe • Ture Malmgren • Étienne Pasquier

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