Editing Roy Halladay (section)

==Early life==
Born in [[Denver]], Colorado, Halladay grew up in the suburb of [[Arvada, Colorado|Arvada]]; his father, Harry Leroy Halladay II, was a pilot for a food-processing company, who began teaching his son to fly during the younger Halladay's early childhood;<ref name="si2019"/> his mother, Linda, was a [[homemaker]].<ref name="family">{{cite news|last1=Saunders|first1=Patrick|title=Former players, coaches remember Roy Halladay for work ethic, character|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/07/roy-halladay-dies-at-40-plane-crash/|access-date=December 11, 2017|work=[[The Denver Post]]|date=November 8, 2017}}</ref> Halladay was raised a member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], though he did not practice later in life.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Verducci|first=Tom|date=April 5, 2010|title=Roy Halladay was the best in the game because he was taught to work|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2010/04/05/105920300/what-makes-roy-run|access-date=April 5, 2010|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]}}</ref>

From an early age, Halladay loved baseball, trying every position on the field until, by age 14, his success on the pitcher's mound attracted the attention of major league scouts. By the age of 13, he had begun training with Colorado baseball guru Bus Campbell, who had helped almost every promising pitcher from the Denver area, including [[Goose Gossage]] and [[Brad Lidge]].<ref name="SLTribune1">{{cite news|last=Hagen|first=Dan|date=December 26, 2009|title=More than an ace on the hill|newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|url=http://www.sltrib.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=14075229&siteId=297|url-status=dead|access-date=December 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131618/http://www.sltrib.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=14075229&siteId=297|archive-date=September 24, 2015}} </ref>

Halladay attended [[Arvada West High School]], where he led the school's baseball team to a 6A state championship in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|last=Haarer|first=Ryan|date=April 23, 2018|title=Arvada West remembers dominant pitcher Roy Halladay|work=[[KUSA (TV)|KUSA]]|url=https://www.9news.com/article/features/arvada-west-remembers-dominant-pitcher-roy-halladay/73-545046134|access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> In 1995, after graduating from high school,<ref name="BlueBio" /> he was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the amateur draft, in the [[List of Toronto Blue Jays first-round draft picks|first round, as the 17th overall pick]]. Halladay decided to forego his [[college baseball]] commitment to [[Arizona Wildcats baseball|Arizona]] and sign with Toronto.<ref name="drafted">{{cite news|last1=Devlin|first1=Neil H.|title=Blue Jays declare Roy Halladay, Arvada West pitcher, is No. 1 in Toronto|url=http://www.denverpost.com/1995/06/02/roy-halladay-arvada-west-toronto-blue-jays-draft/|access-date=December 11, 2017|work=[[The Denver Post]]|date=June 2, 1995}}</ref> He was promoted to the major-league club as a September call-up in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|last=Beam|first=Matt|date=July 2004|title=Arm Force: Roy Halladay - Toronto Life|url=http://www.mattbeam.com/content/jour_halladay.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=November 8, 2017|website=MattBeam.com|archive-date=March 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313053623/http://mattbeam.com/content/jour_halladay.htm}}</ref>