snider s incredible history right here in philadelphia. ed snider, truly truly an mazing story in itself but the thing that people of this city should really realize is that terrific person he was to everybody. whether it was players, whether because fans and people he did so much for. without a date ed snider was the best sports owner in this town hands down. but there s so much more to the flyers ed snider. he will will be remembered to a generation as the owner of the flyers. but ed snider meant so much more to philadelphia and its fans. ed snider was born edward malcom snid. er on january 6, 1933, in washington, d.c. his first venture in philadelphia sports was as a minority owner of the eagles in 1964. when the nhl was awarding conditional franchises in the middle of the decade, ed snider made his move. at 33 years of age i ended up starting the philadelphia flyers hockey team. in 1967, the philadelphia flyers were born. he need add building for his team to pla