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Line 1: {{Short description\|American football official (1930–1991)}} [[Image:Gene Barth.jpg\|thumb\|Gene Barth football trading card]] '''Gene Barth''' (February 1, 1930 – October 11, 1991) was an [[American football]] [[official (American football)\|official]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He ~~is most notable for being~~was the referee in [[Super Bowl XVIII]], played [[January 22]], [[1984]].<ref name="obit">"Gene F. Barth Dies; Was NFL Official For 20 Years", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 13, 1991, Edition: L5, Page: 14F</ref> ~~==Personal==~~ In addition to officiating in the NFL, Barth was the president of an oil company.<ref name=replay>{{cite news\| title=WILL INSTANT REPLAY TRIP THE REF? \|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1D7133FF936A15752C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all \|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' \|last=Moran \|first=Malcolm \|date=[[1987-01-25]] \|accessdate=2007-10-06}}</ref>▼ ==NFL career== Barth began his career in the NFL as a line judge in 1971 ~~and~~on ~~lasted~~the ~~until~~crew ~~after~~of ~~the~~referee ~~1990~~[[Jim ~~season.~~Tunney (American football)\|Jim Tunney]], then became a referee four years later when [[Fred Swearingen]] returned to his previous position of field judge (now back judge). He was selected to officiate [[Super Bowl XVIII]], asand ~~well as being~~was chosen as an alternate for [[Super Bowl XXIII]]. He retired after the 1990 season (Tunney also retired after 1990); his last game was the January 5, 1991 NFC wild card game between the [[1990 Washington Redskins season\|Washington Redskins]] and [[1990 Philadelphia Eagles season\|Philadelphia Eagles]].<ref name=SB23>{{cite news \|title=Cross Says He Is Going to Retire \|url=~~http~~https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2DB1F3AF93AA25752C0A96F948260 \|~~publisher~~newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]'' \|date=[[1989-01-19]] \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2007-10-06}}</ref> Barth wore uniform number 14, previously worn by referee Bob Finley and later worn by referees [[Ron Winter]] and [[Shawn Smith (American football)\|Shawn Smith]].<ref name="obit" /> ==Biography== ▲In addition to officiating in the NFL, Barth was the president of an oil company.<ref name=replay>{{cite news\| title=WILL INSTANT REPLAY TRIP THE REF? \|url=~~http~~https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1D7133FF936A15752C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all \|~~publisher~~newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]'' \|last=Moran \|first=Malcolm \|date=[[1987-01-25]] \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2007-10-06}}</ref> Barth was born February 1, 1930, in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. He graduated from [[Saint Louis University]]. He was president of Bonafide Oil Company, located in Hazelwood, Missouri at 5735 Fee Fee Road, a family-owned business. He participated in the St. Louis [[Senior Olympics]] in 1989 and 1990. Barth died of cancer at St. Joseph Health Center in [[St. Charles, Missouri]] on Friday, October 11, 1991. He was 61 years old. All NFL officials wore a black armband with Barth's number 14 for the remainder of the [[1991 NFL season]] starting with week eight (October 20).<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1991-10-14 \|title=Longtime Referee Barth Dies Of Cancer \|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1991/10/14/longtime-referee-barth-dies-of-cancer/ \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|website=Sun Sentinel \|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{~~reflist~~Reflist\|2}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barth, Gene}} [[Category:~~Year~~1930 ~~of birth missing (living people)~~births]] [[Category:1991 deaths]] [[Category:~~American~~Deaths ~~football~~from ~~officials~~cancer in Missouri]] [[Category:National Football League officials]] [[Category:Senior Olympic competitors]] [[Category:Saint Louis University alumni]] [[Category:Sportspeople from St. Louis]] [[Category:American football people from Missouri]] {{Amfoot-bio-stub}} {{Sports-official-bio-stub}}