Angus Buchanan

Angus Buchanan (15 January, 1847—21 February, 1927 ) was a Scottish Squib born to the pure-blood Buchanan family. He became famous in the both the wizarding and Muggle worlds firstly for being the only Squib to take part in the Sorting ceremony at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and then later for being a player on the Muggle Scottish rugby team — which was responsible for wizards' part in-joke interest in rugby, and worldwide wizarding support of the Scottish team. Later in his life, he published My Life as A Squib, a groundbreaking worldwide bestseller that brought the plight of Squibs to the wizarding world's attention. After his death, he was honoured by both wizards and Muggles (an almost unique achievement in history). To this day, the Wizarding Supporters of Scottish Rugby Union meet on the eve of every Scottish international match to toast Buchanan's memory.

Death and post-mortem
When Angus died, he was honoured by both the wizarding and Muggle worlds, a very rare thing indeed throughout history. At Hogwarts, the Angus Buchanan Cup for Outstanding Effort is awarded, My Life as A Squib was on its hundred-and-tenth edition by the mid-twenty-first century, the Wizarding Supporters of Scottish Rugby Union was founded and it has become a common way of identifying wizards in public by the fact that they will, regardless of nationality, be speaking of Scottish rugby.

Behind the scenes

 * Intentionally or not, Pottermore was updated to include Rowling's new piece of information about Buchanan and the Scottish rugby team on 21 February, 2014, the 87th anniversary of Angus Buchanan's death.

Appearances

 * Pottermore