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'''Stephen John Laybutt''' (3 September 1977 – 13 January 2024) was an Australian professional soccer player who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Renee |last=Valentine |title=Dutchy urges understudies to seize the moment |work=[[The Newcastle Herald]] |page=68 |date=7 September 2007}}</ref> Laybutt [[came out]] as [[gay]] in 2021<ref name="Smh">{{Cite web|last=Webster|first=Andrew|date=2021-12-10|title='I want to give you a kidney': The gay Socceroo whose text message saved a life|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/i-want-to-give-you-a-kidney-the-gay-socceroo-whose-text-message-saved-a-life-20211210-p59ghx.html|access-date=2021-12-10|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> and died by suicide in January 2024.<ref name="7news">[https://7news.com.au/sport/soccer/socceroos-star-stephen-laybutts-cause-of-death-explained-after-going-missing-in-northern-new-south-wales-c-13248546 Socceroos star Stephen Laybutt’s cause of death explained after going missing in northern New South Wales]</ref>
==Early life and career==
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==Personal life and death==
Following his playing career, Laybutt came out as [[gay]]. As of 2021, Laybutt worked in the rehab unit at [[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney|St Vincent's Hospital]] in Sydney. There, he met patient Ian Pavey, to whom he donated a kidney.<ref
Laybutt was reported missing on 13 January 2024 when he could not be contacted after having last been seen the previous night.<ref name=death/>
==Honours==
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