Siblings Harry and Libby Birch have more in common than just footy.
AFL umpire Harry Birch, 23, and AFLW star Libby Birch, 25, have more in common as siblings than just footy. Having dealt with ill health as a family, they are also both medical professionals: one a physio, the other a doctor in training.
He started playing football but he was almost too fragile. I was at a netball tournament when Harry was 11, and Dad told me, “Harry’s just been knocked out; he’s gone to hospital in an ambulance.” That’s when he started umpiring instead, and it was perfect. He got to stay around footy, flex his intellectual side and exercise his lungs. It was like his breath of life.
I was always sick and wasn’t really sure of myself, and she was very protective. I’d have these flare-ups when I’d have to go into hospital, and the doctors didn’t know what was going on. They thought I had really bad asthma. It wasn’t figured out until I was 14.
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