Roy Halladay

This article page is about the character in Sanctuary. For real-world person, see Wikipedia:Roy Halladay.

ROY HALLADAY
Biographical Information
Full name	Harry Leroy Halladay III
Alias	Roy Doc (a reference to Doc Holliday)
Born	May 14th, 1977 Denver, Colorado, United States
Died	November 7th, 2017 Gulf of Mexico near New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Age	33/34-years-old (in early 2011) 40-years-old (death)
Status	Alive (in early-mid 2011) Deceased † (cause of death: plane crash)
Physical Information
Species	Human (normal)
Abilities	None
Gender	Male
Affiliations
Nationality	American
Occupations / Roles	Major League Baseball player
Appearances
Portrayed by	No actor
Appears in	Episode 4x06 - "Homecoming" (mentioned)
Type of role	One-shot character Mentioned-only character

Roy Halladay was an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays (1998-2009 : 12 seasons) and the Philadelphia Phillies (2010-2013 : 4 seasons) for a total of 16 seasons before retiring at the end of 2013 due to injury.

Biography

Season 4

	Episode 4x06 - "Homecoming": At the very end of the episode, Will Zimmerman is visited in the Old City Sanctuary's infirmary by his father Jacob Zimmerman. For a birthday gift, Will is given a "Roy Halladay" signed baseball from his father - who knew a guy in Philly as they did prison time together.

Notes

• Status: The character Roy Halladay is based on a real-life pitcher. Roy was alive at the time he was mentioned in Sanctuary; the in universe date of the episode occurred around early-mid 2011. The actual person died over six years later from a plane crash on November 7^th, 2017.
• Trivia: Roy Halladay played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Will Zimmerman's favorite baseball team. In 2011, Roy was playing in his second season with the Philadelphia Phillies when Will received his gifted signed baseball.