🎬 Entertainment Apr 27, 2026 · Hanna Wickes

Someone Had to Invent the High Five — Here’s the Disputed Story of How It Happened

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Someone Had to Invent the High Five — Here’s the Disputed Story of How It Happened
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You’ve done it a thousand times without ever thinking about where it came from. After a home run, a good meeting or just greeting a 3-year-old — you raise your hand and wait for the slap. The high five feels like it’s been around forever.
It hasn’t. The gesture actually has a traceable — and hotly disputed — origin story.
The high five is one of sports’ most iconic gestures, but its exact origin is still debated. The cast of characters fighting over credit for a simple hand slap is unexpectedly

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