Were non-baseball sports played at Yankee Stadium?

Answer 1

Yes! Sports events of all kinds have taken place at Yankee Stadium. Before the Yankees made it their home field, it was the home of football's New York Giants. It's where Knute Rockne made his "win one for the Gipper" speech during halftime of the 1938 Notre Dame-Army game. Notre Dame won.

Muhammad Ali and Jack Dempsey fought there and it's where Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling. Pele played soccer at Yankee Stadium, and the 1972 Miami Dolphins won on their way to a perfect season. On July 1, 1939, in the first televised boxing match in the US, Max Baer defeated Lou Nova at Yankee Stadium.

Besides that, at least two popes have celebrated mass at Yankee Stadium, Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II. Billy Joel and Pink Floyd are among others who gave concerts at the ball park.