Death Halladay Explained

Position:End
Birth Date:29 October 1900
Birth Place:Chicago
Death Place:Hinsdale, Illinois
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lbs:175
High School:Hyde Park Academy (IL)
College:Chicago
Teams:
Statlabel1:Games
Statvalue1:17

Robert Thayer "Death" Halladay (October 29, 1900 – November 12, 1988) was an American football player.

Halladay was born in 1900 in Chicago and attended Hyde Park Academy High School. He then enrolled at the University of Chicago where he played college football for Amos Alonzo Stagg's Chicago Maroons from 1918 to 1921.[1] Halladay also played center for Chicago's basketball team and was captain of the 1921-22 team.[2] [3]

He played professional football as an end for the Racine Legion in the National Football League (NFL). He appeared in 17 NFL games, all of them as a starter, during the 1923 and 1924 seasons. He scored two touchdowns.[1] [4]

Halladay died in 1988 in Hinsdale, Illinois.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Death Halladay. Pro Football Archives. February 6, 2022.
  2. News: "Death" Halladay Is Back; 12 C Men Now In Stagg Battalion. Chicago Tribune. September 18, 1920. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Halladay Head of Maroon Five. Chicago Tribune. May 26, 1921. 14. Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Death Halladay. Sports Reference LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. August 13, 2020.