Fifty years ago, the Flyers returned from training camp in Quebec City and wanted to generate excitement for their inaugural season by having a parade down Broad Street.
This was before the 1967-68 season, when six expansions teams, including the Flyers, were added to the NHL.
Philadelphia, which would attract two million people to the Stanley Cup parade in 1974, had yet to become enamored with the Flyers.
Maybe two dozen people attended that 1967 parade. Philadelphia had a checkered past in supporting major- and minor-league hockey teams, so this wasn't a very good sign.
The players and club personnel sat in open convertibles.