Career
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Halliday made the jump to National Hockey League hockey from the amateur ranks of the Ottawa Gunners of the Ottawa City Hockey League, joining the hometown Ottawa Senators for the 1926-1927 season. Halliday would play on a line with Hec Kilrea and Jack Duggan. In the following two seasons, Halliday would split his time between the Senators and minor pro teams in London, Ontario and Niagara Falls, Ontario of the Canadian Pro minor league.
After the 1928-1929 season, Halliday would not play in the National Hockey League again, traded by Ottawa to Hamilton, Ontario of the International League.
He would play the rest of his career for various minor professional teams of the International League and the Can-Am leagues. He left professional hockey in 1936 to return to Ottawa, where he played two seasons as a reinstated amateur player for the Ottawa Montagnards of the Ottawa City League before retiring from competitive hockey.
October 24, 1926 - Signed as a free agent with Ottawa (National Hockey League)
January 5, 1932 - Traded from Hamilton (IHL) to Cleveland (IHL) for Stew Dunning
December 18, 1935 - Signed as free agent with Buffalo (IHL)
February 7, 1936 - Signed as a free agent with Rochester (IHL).