Gerd Hennig

{{Short description|German football referee (1935–2017)}}

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{{Infobox football official

| name = Gerd Hennig

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|4|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Meiderich, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|26|1935|4|24|df=y}}

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| otheroccupation = Managing clerk

| years1 = 1975–1982

| years2 = 1964–1982

| league1 = 2. Bundesliga

| league2 = Bundesliga

| role1 = Referee

| role2 = Referee

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Gerd Hennig (24 April 1935 – 26 December 2017){{Cite web|url=https://www.nrz.de/sport/lokalsport/duisburg/duisburg-trauert-um-fussball-schiedsrichter-gerd-hennig-id212951317.html|title=Duisburg trauert um Fußball-Schiedsrichter Gerd Hennig|date=27 December 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fupa.net/berichte/spvgg-meiderich-0695-schiedsrichter-gerd-hennig-gestorben-1065192.html|title = Schiedsrichter Gerd Hennig gestorben}} was a German football referee.{{cite web | url = http://www.reviersport.de/42803---gerd-henning-vorsitzender-kreisschiedsrichter-ausschuss-interview.html | title = Manche haben auch Angst |trans-title=Some are also afraid | language = German | publisher = reviersport.de | accessdate = 14 February 2010 | date = 11 January 2008}}

Between 1964 and 1982, he refereed a total of 161 games in the Bundesliga, Germany's top football league. He refereed the DFB-Pokal final between FC Bayern Munich and 1. FC Nürnberg in 1982.{{Cite web | url = http://www.11freunde.de/bundesligen/118328?page=2 | title = Der weiß-rote Turban | trans-title = The white-read turban | first = Felix | last = Mergen | publisher = 11Freunde | date = 10 March 2009 | accessdate = 11 February 2010 | language = German | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101204082210/http://www.11freunde.de/bundesligen/118328?page=2 | archive-date = 4 December 2010 | url-status = dead| df = dmy-all }} Hennig is also Chairman referee of the region Duisburg – Mülheim – Dinslaken and lives in Duisburg.{{cite web|url=http://www.sr-kreis9.de/Gerd-Hennig.htm?PHPSESSID=b77e0f0c46098e3629569c5ed528deb0 |title=Gerd Hennig |language=German |publisher=Schiedsrichtervereinigung Duisburg-Süd |accessdate=14 February 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}