Roy Halladay, the former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher regarded as one of the greatest players in franchise history, has died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa, Florida. A small plane crashed just off the coast of New Port Richey, Fla., a small town north of Dunedin, where the Blue Jays hold spring training and base their U.S. operation. In December 2013, Halladay signed a symbolic one-day contract and retired as a member of the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays released a statement on Twitter Tuesday afternoon, which read: “The Toronto Blue Jays organization is overcome by grief with the tragic loss of one of the franchise’s greatest and most respected players, but even better human being. Another Yankees player, catcher Thurman Munson, died in a small plane crash in August 1979 in Columbus, Ohio.

Source: National Post November 07, 2017 21:20 UTC