Allen Iverson
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We all look back at Allen Iverson for being one of the most gifted scorers in NBA history, a man who famously loathed practice, and a cultural icon who truly fused together the NBA with hip hop culture. But growing up in Hampton, Virginia, Iverson was not only a phenomenal basketball player, but he might have been an even better football player.
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As the starting quarterback at Bethel High School, he led his team to the Virginia state championship, and was named the Associated Press High School Player Of The Year for the commonwealth (he accomplished both of those achievements as a basketball player as well).
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