Barnaby Howarth

Barnaby Howarth is a type 1 diabetic and stroke survivor (after being bashed in an alcohol fuelled gang attack). He is also an ex-AFL footballer for the Sydney Swans, an author, a film maker, has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and is a motivational speaker.

Barnaby was three quarters of the way through writing his autobiography in 2005 when he was bashed outside a nightclub in Sydney, had a stroke and was placed on life support. When he recovered, he finished writing his autobiography and had it self-published, but couldn't shake the feeling hed let himself down. He didn't feel like hed done his story justice, but now hes going to finish what he started and tell his story.