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===Hoax origin claimed by comedy writers=== In a 2007 press release, two comedy writers and founders of the "National High Five Day" claimed that a late 1970s and early '80s basketball player from [[Murray State Racers men's basketball|Murray State University]] had invented the gesture. They also concocted an elaborate and involved story about this player as a young boy learning the gesture from his father. But in a 2013 ''ESPN'' article, the pair admitted that it had been a publicity stunt. Per the article, the two had "scoured college basketball rosters to plug in a name."<ref name=mooallem>Jon Mooallem. [https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/6813042/who-invented-high-five "The history and mystery of the high five"], [[ESPN]], 29 July 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalhighfiveproject.org/ |title=National High Five Project |publisher=National High Five Project |access-date=2013-02-04 |archive-date=2013-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112215935/http://nationalhighfiveproject.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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