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 Lawrence (actor) KYW-AM in Cleveland, Ohio (as "The Jay Bird"). He also provided the source material for a distinctive laugh track that played at the conclusion of all filmed skits which aired on "Hoolihan and Big Chuck" and "Big Chuck and Lil' John" on WJW-TV in Cleveland. In addition to his work in television, Lawrence also appeared in nine film projects, also lending his voice to the 1974 adult-themed animated feature length project "The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat" He also appeared as a voice actor on the ABC-TV animated Saturday morning cartoon "Hong Kong Phooey" (1976). Also as a film