Born June 7, 1975 Born to Ann Iverson and Allen Broughton Allen took the maiden name of his mother after his father left them at an early age

At Bethel High School, Allen was a 2 sport athlete, playing basketball and football Allen was involved in an incident at a bowling alley and was accused of assault He was sentenced to a 15 year prison sentence. It was later overturned due to insufficient evidence In Spring 1994, Georgetown coach John Thompson visited Bethel High School and recruited him to play for the Hoyas

At Georgetown, Iverson won the Big East Rookie of the Year award, two Big East Defensive Player of the Year awards, and was named to the All Rookie Tournament 1 st Team. He ended his college career as the Hoyas' all-time leader in career scoring average, at 23.0 ppg.

Iverson was Drafted 1 st overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1996 NBA Draft He was the Rookie of the Year for the season

In 2001, The Sixers also posted a 56–26 record, the best in the Eastern Conference that season. He also averaged a then- career high 31.1 points, winning his second NBA scoring title in the process. Iverson won the NBA steals title at 2.5 a game. Iverson was named NBA Most Valuable Player, and named to the All NBA First team for his accomplishments

During the later part of the season, Iverson bristled under the disciplinarian approach of the Sixers new head coach Chris Ford. Iverson missed practices, being fined for not notifying Ford about not being there.

In 2006 the Sixers traded Iverson to the Nuggets He joined Carmelo Anthony as a premier player on the Nuggets

Detroit Pistons and Memphis Grizzlies Nuggets traded Iverson in 2008 to the Pistons He switched jersey numbers from 3 to 1 In 2009 the Pistons traded Iverson to the Memphis Grizzlies

On December 7, 2009 Iverson made his return to Philadelphia in a roar of the crowd( I can say I was a proud member of that crowd ) He had 11 points 6 assists 5 rebounds and 1 steal

In 2010 it was reported Iverson had signed a 1 year deal with a team from Turkey Iverson made his debut for Bestikas on November 16,2010 and scored 15 points in 23 minutes