On June 7th, 1997 the Flyers lost to the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 and were swept in their Stanley Cup Final series 4 games to 0. The Flyers only mustered 6 goals in the series, and Rod Brind’Amour had 3 of them.
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#3 Sixers Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson – Sixers/G (1996-2006, 2009-10) One of the most exciting players in a generation, Iverson, the 1997 Rookie of the Year, led the Sixers to the NBA Finals in 2001 as the league’s MVP. The four-time NBA Scoring Champ was an eleven-time NBA All Star, winning the All Star Game MVP in 2001 and 2005. A.I. is the Sixers all-time leader in three-pointers with 885. The Sixers retired Iverson’s #3 in 2016. Iverson was nicknamed “The Answer” by a family friend as he was about to attend Georgetown University. In May, 2002 The Answer “answered” his critics with a twenty-two expletive rant with the famous line “We’re talkin’ ‘bout practice.”
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Sixers Hall of Famer Allen Iverson (1996-2006, 2009-10) was born on this date, June 7th, in 1975, in Hampton, Virginia. Did you know Iverson was not only an Associated Press High School Player of the Year in basketball, but also football? Iverson was Bethel High School’s QB and also played RB, and kick returner. Oh, and did you know his middle name is Ezail?
