"referencing him" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used as a verb phrase to indicate that someone or something is being mentioned or cited as a source of information or influence. Example: In her research paper, the author made sure to include various footnotes referencing him as a primary source for her arguments.
Likewise it is no secret that the elder Jones continues to admire the quarterback, referencing him in November as a "great one".
Fred Wilson began referencing him a lot in his posts, and Evans just churns out series after series of great insights and charts.
Maupin isn't sure how exactly Best Buy corporate knew to tie the video to him, but believes they did so because a couple other videos under his Tiny Watch Productions (a little indie film group he made with his friends) YouTube account featured videos referencing him and Best Buy.
He has an aloof cat and Little Fang [the puppet] is sort of referencing him.
It's certainly something Keynes put his finger on (There, I'm referencing him too!) when he raised the sensitivity of the economy to "animal spirits".
Musician Tomas Kalnoky of Streetlight Manifesto also cites Salinger as an influence, referencing him and Holden Caulfield, the main character of Catcher in the Rye, in the song "Here's To Life".
Cox Enterprises Chief Executive James Kennedy should have been referred to as a " haole"–the native term for a foreigner not a "howlie," as we referenced him.
Austrian sources attributed blame to Rudolf Maister, and referenced him in some accounts as the Butcher of Maribor.
Trina has never met Hey There and when I referenced him once in conversation she had no idea who I was talking about.
The use of the masculine pronoun to reference Him is a convention and a convenience, not a description.
The snow-covered bike obviously references him, and is almost certainly preferable to the results of an hour spent with a photographer vainly trying to get him to project bonhomie.
