Donald Barker

{{short description|Canadian CFL referee and Hall of Famer}}

{{other people||Don Barker (disambiguation){{!}}Don Barker}}

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{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography

|name=Donald Barker

|birth_date={{Birth date|1929|11|29}}

|birth_place=Edmonton, Alberta

|death_date={{death date and age|2016|11|22|1929|11|29}}

|death_place={{nowrap|Surrey, British Columbia}}

|Position=Referee

|Honors=

|other_title=Official

|other_years1=1958–1981

|other_team1=CFL Official

|CFHOF=donald-barker

|CFHOFYear=1999

}}

Donald "Don" Barker (November 29, 1929 – November 22, 2016) was a Canadian CFL referee. He officiated in more than 500 CFL games including 10 Grey Cup finals from 1958 to 1981.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cflofficials.ca/official_bio.asp?member_id=69 |title=Canadian Professional Football Officials Association |access-date=2016-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316132145/http://cflofficials.ca/official_bio.asp?member_id=69 |archive-date=2017-03-16 |url-status=dead }}

After retiring he was the CFL Director of Officiating and a supervisor from 1985 through 1998. In 1999, he was inducted as a builder into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfhof.ca/members/donald-barker/|title=Donald Barker|access-date=2010-03-06|website=Canadian Football Hall of Fame}} He died in 2016, a week shy of his 87th birthday.{{cite web| url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theprovince/obituary.aspx?n=don-barker&pid=182799550&fhid=5844| title = Don BARKER Obituary (2016) - New Westminster, BC - The Province| website = Legacy.com}}