Main Street Armory lacrosse team, competed in the North American Amateur Lacrosse Association and played at the Armory. One Iroquois player of note was Jay Silverheels, better known for playing the character "Tonto" on the television series "The Lone Ranger". While playing for Rochester, Silverheels went by Harry Smith, his real name. The building also hosted many events, including circuses, concerts, balls and auto shows, prior to opening of the War Memorial in the 1950s. The Damascus Temple Shrine Circus used the Armory as its venue for performances in Rochester through 1960. The Armory's first post-refurbishment sporting event was Next Era Wrestling's "Fatal
Jay Simpson (actor) Jay Simpson (actor) Jay Simpson (born 1967) is a prolific English film, television and stage actor. Simpson is perhaps best known in television for portraying cockney desk sergeant Ian 'Brookie' Brooke in "Foyle's War", he has also appeared on television in "Recovery" with David Tennant and Sarah Parish, "Hot Money", "Bad Crowd", "A Touch of Frost", "Casualty", "Primeval", "The Bill", "Peep Show", "Rome", "Ashes to Ashes", "Murder in Suburbia" and "Soundproof". Jay also uses his charm and voice skills as he is the voice of 'The Tree of Temptation' in Big Brother. His films include "Hush Your Mouth", "The Holiday",