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Allen Iverson
American basketball player
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Allen Ezail Iverson
- Byname:
- the Answer
- Awards And Honors:
- Most Valuable Player
- Basketball Hall of Fame (2016)
Allen Iverson (born June 7, 1975, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.) is an American basketball player known for both explosive play on the court and controversy away from the game. He became the first great athlete to be strongly identified with the hip-hop movement. Athletic success and controversy came to Iverson at an early age. At Bethel High School, he led the school’s gridiron football and basketball teams to state championships his junior year. At age 17 he was jailed after being accused of starting a racially charged brawl in a bowling alley, but his conviction was later overturned because of lack ...(100 of 601 words)