Were James Potter & Lily Evans really Head-Boy & Head-Girl?

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 178618

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Ŭalabio‽ <Walabio at ...> wrote:
 
> It seems that to be Head-Boy or Head-Girl, one must be firstly a  
> Prefect.  Rubeus Hagrid states that Lily Evens and James Potter 
> were Head-Girl and Head-Boy.  James Potter was never a Prefect.  
> Perhaps James Potter and maybe also Lily Evans never were Head-Boy 
> and Head-Girl

zanooda:

I think Lily could have been a prefect together with Remus Lupin. As 
for James, isn't it possible that he was Quidditch Captain? In HBP 
Hermione informs Harry that being Captain gives him "equal status with 
prefects"(HBP p.107 Am ed.). I don't know for sure, of course, it's 
just an idea :-).