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Snider started a record company, Edge Ltd., with his friend Jerry Lilienfield in the 1960s, which was moderately successful. They eventually shut down the company, giving Snider the opportunity to join Jerry Wolman (builder) and Snider's brother-in-law Earl Foreman (attorney) as they purchased the Philadelphia Eagles in 1964.
11 Απρ 2016 · Within three years, after an acrimonious parting with Wolman, Snider landed an NHL franchise in Philadelphia as part of the league’s expansion from six to 12 teams for the 1967-68 season. Within seven years, his Philadelphia Flyers became the first expansion club to win a Stanley Cup (1974).
1 Νοε 2021 · Until Lou Scheinfeld and Ed Snider, otherwise known as “Flash and Cash,” came together to help save the city from disaster. Blades, Bands, and Ballers is Lou Scheinfeld’s heartfelt memoir of an America now gone, a world of local spectacle and national pride.
11 Απρ 2016 · The history books show it was Snider, working for then-Eagles owner Wolman in the mid-‘60s, who heard about possible National Hockey League expansion and pushed to get an arena built in Philadelphia.
12 Απρ 2016 · He bought the team with builder Jerry Wolman and Earl Foreman, an attorney who married Snider's sister. Snider served as the team's treasurer. VIDEO: The Philadelphia Flyers remember...
10 Αυγ 2013 · The book is still a must-read for longtime Flyers fans who overwhelmingly and erroneously believe Ed Snider, the chairman of Comcast Spectacor, was the guy responsible for bringing the Flyers hockey team to Philly and building the Spectrum to house them. Many cite Snider’s own boasts on the subject.
11 Απρ 2016 · PHILADELPHIA—Ed Snider, the Philadelphia Flyers founder whose “Broad Street Bullies” became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, has died after a two-year battle with cancer.
