keith allen the first coach and general manager of the philadelphia flyers dies at 90 sportskeith allen who built flyers title teams dies at 90 5 2014keith allen the first coach of the philadelphia flyers and later the general manager who built the organizations stanley cup championship teams of 1974 and 1975 died on tuesday he was 90 his death was announced by the flyers the team did not say where he died or specify a cause allen joined the flyers in 1966 before the franchises inaugural season he was behind the bench for the teams first game in 1967 and won the west division title that season he coached the flyers through the 196970 season allen was general manager from dec 22 1969 to may 27 1983 during his tenure the flyers reached the national hockey league stanley cup finals four times winning twice i never knew of a bad deal he made the flyers chairman ed snider said in a statement this team would never have reached the level of success we have had over the past 48 years if it were not for keith allen was inducted into the hockey hall of fame in 1992he spent 13 years as a professional hockey player including parts of two seasons with the detroit red wings he was a member of the red wings 195354 stanley cup championship team