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) in the television film "The Suspicions of Mr Whicher" for ITV. In 2011, he appeared in "The National Anthem", an episode of the anthology series "Black Mirror". On 13 April 2012, he appeared as Stretch in the sitcom "Not Going Out" and appeared in the ITV series "Mrs Biggs" as one of the great train robbers Bruce Reynolds. 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"