Honors and Awards
There is a common misconception that Abbott and Costello are the only two non-baseball players to have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In actuality, the comedic duo does not hold membership with the Cooperstown society any more than the sports writers and broadcasters who are acknowledged by separate awards. However, an honoring plaque and a gold record and transcript of the "Who's On First?" sketch has been included in the museum collection since 1956, and the routine runs on an endless loop on TVs at the Hall, making them one of the few non-baseball players or managers to have a memorial in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Abbott received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting (posthumously) from the Garden State Film Festival in 2006 and was accepted on his behalf by his daughter Vickie Abbott Wheeler.
Abbott is a 2009 inductee of the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
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