Editing Ruby Goldstein (section)

== Personal life and death ==
The years between 1937 and 1942 were particularly difficult for Ruby, having lost most of his savings in the stock market crash.  He worked for a time managing a friend's billiard parlor and continued to work as a boxing trainer when he could.<ref name=JBHOF /><ref>"Ruby Goldstein, Ring Referee Who Quit", ''Courier Post'', Camden, New Jersey, p. 15, April 25, 1984.</ref>

Goldstein enlisted in the army in 1942, rising to the rank of sergeant, and working as a physical trainer and boxing coach at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn. After obtaining a license, he began refereeing, and toured with Joe Louis as a referee, refereeing Louis's match with Jersey Joe Walcott in 1947. After the war, making little at first as a referee, he worked as a public relations manager for Schenley Distillers.<ref name=JBHOF />

In 1959, [[Funk & Wagnalls]] published his memoirs, titled ''Third Man In The Ring'', as told to sports writer [[Frank Graham (writer)|Frank Graham]].

Goldstein moved to [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]] in his retirement in 1977.<ref>"Digest", ''Philadelphia Daily News'', Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 75, April 25, 1984</ref> Goldstein was remarried to second wife, Beatrice. He had been previously married to the former Mae Owen, with whom he had a son, Herbert.<ref name="NYT" />  Having been treated at Mt. Sinai Hospital, he died of throat cancer in his home in Miami Beach on April 23, 1984.  His second wife and son survived him.<ref name="JBHOF" /><ref name="NYT" />  Services for Goldstein were held in New York, and he was buried in New Montefiore Cemetery in Pinelawn, New York, on Long Island.<ref>"Ruby Goldstein, 76, Ring Referee Who Quit", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 10-D, p. 40, April 25, 1984.</ref>