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{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player (1990–2023)}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2014}}
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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Billy Guyton
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| birth_name = Billy-John Guyton
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1990|3|17}}
| birth_place = [[Timaru]], New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2023|5|15|1990|3|17}}
| death_place = [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]], New Zealand
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| weight = {{convert|90|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| ru_position = [[Scrum-half (rugby union)|Halfback]]<br>[[Fly-half (rugby union)|First five-eighth]]
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| super2 = [[Crusaders (rugby union)|Crusaders]]
| super3 = {{Rut|Blues}}
| superyears1 = 2014
| superyears2 = 2015
| ru_currentteam = ▼
| superyears3 = 2016−2017
| super14update = 20 July 2016▼
| superapps1 = 1
| ru_province = [[North Otago Rugby Football Union|North Otago]]<br/>[[Tasman Rugby Union|Tasman]]▼
| superapps2 = 1
| superapps3 = 24
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| province2 = [[Tasman Rugby Union|Tasman]]
| provinceyears1 = 2010–2012
| provinceyears2 = 2013–2017
| provinceapps1 = 29
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| provincepoints1 = 89
| provincepoints2 = 90
| ru_provinceupdate = 23 September 2018
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| school = [[Shirley Boys' High School]]<br/>[[Nelson College]]
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==Tasman==
2013 saw Guyton establish himself as the starting halfback for Tasman as they went on to have a successful season and win the champion division in the [[ITM Cup]], with a
==Super Rugby==
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Guyton also played for the [[New Zealand Heartland XV]] at fullback and wing.
==Retirement and death==
Guyton announced his retirement from playing rugby in October 2018, aged 28, after repeated [[concussion]]s suffered in official matches had left him with symptoms of [[chronic traumatic encephalopathy]] (CTE).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dine |first=Jonty |date=4 October 2018 |title=Head knocks force Tasman Mako Billy Guyton to retire |url=https://nelsonweekly.co.nz/2018/10/head-knocks-force-guyton-to-retire/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=Nelson Weekly |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=RNZ |first= |author-link=Radio New Zealand |date=14 March 2024 |title=Brain injury from head knocks discovered in late Blues halfback |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/brain-injury-from-head-knocks-discovered-in-late-blues-halfback-billy-guyton/5W7WY5CREFHK3HPZMDJTDMFNHY/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |website= |publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
He died in [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] on 15 May 2023, at the age of 33.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 May 2023 |title=Former Blues and Tasman Mako halfback Billy Guyton dies, aged 33 |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300878829/former-blues-and-tasman-mako-halfback-billy-guyton-dies-aged-33/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |publisher=[[Stuff (company)|Stuff]]}}</ref> Subsequent reports in New Zealand media said Guyton was suspected to have died by [[suicide]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Aylwin |first=Michael |date=14 March 2024 |title=First professional rugby union player confirmed to have died with CTE |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/14/first-professional-rugby-union-player-cte-billy-guyton |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
Guyton's family decided to donate his brain to the Neurological Foundation Human Brain Bank at the [[University of Auckland]];<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> following [[Autopsy|post-mortem analyses]] conducted in [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]], he was diagnosed with stage 2 CTE in March 2024, becoming the first New Zealand-based player to be officially diagnosed with the disease.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The [[pathologist]]'s report also found that Guyton's brain presented trauma-induced [[cavum septum pellucidum]], as well as age-related [[Tau deposition|tau deposits]].<ref name=":1" />
==References==
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[[Category:Ngāti Pikiao people]]
[[Category:Ngāti Raukawa people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople with chronic traumatic encephalopathy]]
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