Here’s a sport you’d never expect to see at Wrigley Field... rodeo

Besides baseball, Wrigley Field has hosted a number of other team sports, including football (both college and NFL) and hockey. Once life returns to some semblance of “normal,” it’s expected the ballpark will host some Northwestern University football games going forward.

The photo at the top of this post shows the ballpark hosting something you wouldn’t have expected... rodeo. These events went on at Wrigley from the early 1940s through 1951. Here’s photos of the program from 1944, which says it’s the “fourth annual” rodeo:

It’s not clear which year the photo at the top of this post shows, but given the cars shown in the photo, it’s likely toward the earlier part of that time frame.