First of all, please excuse me 4 all the possible mistakes I will write, I am French. But this is not the thing I wanted to talk about. At one moment of the HP&PS movie, Hermione shows to Harry a Quidditch cup won by his father. On this cup are written several names, including a certain M.O. McGonagall. So, my question is: Could it be possible that McGonagall was James Potter's teammate? Does M.O. stand for Minerva O...something?

I don't think Mcgonagall would have been his teammate because she's a lot older than James was. It's possible, even probable that she was a Quidditch player in her day though......

And don't worry about anyone understanding you or mistakes....your English is excellent!!!!

yeah maybe that is possible but she shows no sign of being a quidditch player. remember in the first movie harry sees his dad medal at hogwarts then there must be one there for mcgonagall too.

hey great discovery...she probably was a quidditch player, but not James' teammate, no...i dont think there's a possibility of McGonagall being James' teammate...she was his teacher!

Maybe McGonagall helped james learn to fly or something like that

Go Go griffindor

Thanks a lot, Dana_Scully...
I'm happy to see those answers, it probably means I am not crazy. Well I read a magazine in France that is nearly all about HP and there was a chronology based on the events of the 5 first books. So, I realized that McGonagall is something like 20 years older than James Potter, so it is probably a relative of McGonagall...Or a mistake made by Chris Columbus.
Unfortunately, I didn't buy the magazine and now, I can't buy it as I am in London for my studies, but if anyone wanna read, the magazine is named "La Gazette du Sorcier", and is available in every good "maison de la presse".

wow, your english IS very nice! Too bad I don't speak french. I've always wanted to be fluent in another language;) I study Deustch though, so maybe i will be someday...Anyway that had nothing to do with anything. I swear I have a point.
You know, I never noticed the thing on the trophy. I think I would love Mcgonagall even a little bit more if she had played quidditch in her youth. She probably did too. The image of her flying half hazardly through the air on a broom is making me smile right now (Well, more like Dame Maggie Smith in tartan quidditch robes ) Hmm. I wonder if JKRowling will ever mention anything about it. They say she has lots of information that won't end up in the book. Maybe that's one of those things.

I always assumed the names were those of James' teammates, and the name McGonagall was either that of McGonagall's son, nephew, cousin, etc...

I agree with kingwidgit. I need to check the movie, but there is a date on the trophy. I think the date is in the 1970's -- maybe 1976? McGonagall could have been a teammate of James, but again, I think it is someone related to Minerva. Minerva McGonagall would have been too old in the 1970's to be a student at Hogwarts.

it could be that she had a son in james year.. or that, as bad as it sounds, there was once a completly different mcgonnagol, or c) were reading way too much into this ...

Well if it is McGonagall then it is really a good news foor Hp movies fan.i really thought that if she might be Gryfindorr Quiditch Player

I pointed this out in the other topic...but I was thinking that maybe McGonagall was not actually a team member because it doesn't have a position under the name but James' does...so perhaps it's just that she was head of house when it was issued and so her name appears on it.

Yes, I am pretty sure that no_muerta is correct here. Of course, there is no way that I could actually know for sure, so do not take my word for it, but it is by far the most reasonable explanation.

When James was in Hogwarts as a student, Minerva ("O."?) McGonagall was the Professor of Transfiguration and the Head of Gryffindor House. As kingwidgit stated, McGonagall has been teaching at Howarts for 39 years as of Harry's OotP year, making the 1972/1973 date on the plaque around her 23rd year of teaching.

Furthermore, there is no Quidditch position under M. O. McGonagall's name, proving even more it must be Minerva, the Head of House.

Yes, there is always that small chance that this McGonagall character might be a relative of Minerva, but if that is the case, I do not think that they will be of any value or importance in the story, in which case we practically are analyzing thin air. *Gasps for Breath*




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It's WB we're talking about here. Since when did they try going canon? I think it was just a random little prop and they thought they'd put in something about McGonagall in there. The movies disappoint when you look too closely at the detail - they're meant to convey a mood more than the rich detail of Jo's world. And also, we are the weird people who have actually seen these movies enough times to pick up on dates and check their credibility - most people will think: "Oh wow, isn't McGonagall the stern woman? Looks like she was a Quidditch player. Interesting..."

Or no, most people won't even see that. So if you want canon, WB is not the place to look for it. At most you'll find an hour and a half of HP-lite fun.

I don't think Mcgonagall is a quidditch player, but it is possible that a relative of her might be the Mcgonagall. HOwever, I'd like to see Prof. Mcgonagall play quidditch!!!! That would be really funny!!!

i don't think mcgonagall is a quiddicth player because is most older of james

I wouldn't be at all surprised if McGongall turned out to be a Quidditch player in her day. Although, she couldn't have been James' teammate because she is too old. She was his teacher back then. Maybe she was LV's teammate???

There's a very huge possibility that Professor McGonagall was a former quidditch player. She has a very keen eye for quidditch players, I mean, she could determine who's good for this position. And she really cares about quidditch. But it is impossible that James and Professor McGonagall were teammates.

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The trophy is actually just an award for Seekers and there are 3 of them. James Potter (Who was actually a chaser) in the middle.
To the right is a shield which states M.G.McGonnagal. No Date.

I think McGonnagal could have been a seeker. She fits the bill and is constantly quoted for her love of quidditch.

I don't think that mcgonagall was a quidditch player. there would have been some record or something showing that she had played on a quidditch team. although i supposes it's still a possibility because she seems to rather enjoy all of the games. be funny now to see her get on a broom and play. be laughing so hard but i doubt it'll ever happen.

I must admit that I haven't seen it onto the movie yet but I will check tonight when I'll be back home in the movie.

But from what I remember from CoS, McGonnagal was a teacher for Tom Riddle so how can she be one of Potter's team mate in quidditch since Lors Voldomort is a lot older than Potter....

I don't think that Mcgonagall is a quidditch player because in OOtp she sys to Umbridge that she has been teaching for thirty Nine years so that's before James time.
It could have been on the trophy because Mcgonagall is head of Gryfindor house.

i guess it is possible that Mcgonagall was a quidditch player after all sh does always watch her house play and trys to do the best for the team by giving them lighterpunishments but i dont think she was teamates with james because she is much older than he is.

ehh, it seems really unlykly. Plus McGonagall is a lot older than James was. Because Remus is just as old has James, and Remus is no where close to McGonagall's age. She might have been in her day, but even that seems weird. McGonagall's all tight and strict. Imagine her riding a broomstick with *her long shiney hair blowing in the wind*.

Yeah, I just noticed a few days ago that it said McGonagall on it. Is it possible that Mcgonagall had a son/daughter or neice/nephew that was on the quidditch team when James was? That's all I can think of.

I think it's just that WB didnt have another name to put next to James's to they just stuff Mcgonagle into it.... because it's the movies we're talking about, not the actual creation of JKR..

That intrigued me too when I saw it. I would think she would have played in her day but I don't think at all that she was in the same team as James Potter.

This got me thinking, McGonagall probably was a quidditch player in her day. She is so dedicated to the Gryffindor team and wants them to win so bad. It makes me believe that she was probably on the team while she was in school. McGonagall is tough. I think she'd be excellent at quidditch.

If you look on the first movie, Philosopher's Stone, when Hemione points out the Quidditch shield and Harry and Ron see the shield and if you zoom the frame when you see James Potter's name - if you look to the right, you can see McGonagall's name