Thanks to Bruce Springsteen, Joe DePugh’s glory days never really passed him by. DePugh, who helped inspire “Glory Days” — Springsteen’s rollicking, yet bittersweet ode to youthful memories on his ...

Bruce Springsteen is paying tribute to his late classmate Joe DePugh, a former star pitcher from New Jersey who inspired Springsteen’s wistful hit “Glory Days.” The Boss, 75, shared a Instagram post ...

Bruce Springsteen recently took to Instagram to pay tribute to an old friend and inspiration of his 1985 hit “Glory Days.” “Just a moment to mark the passing of Freehold native and ballplayer Joe ...

He was walking out and Bruce Springsteen was a walking in. Joe DePugh of Freehold, who inspired the Springsteen hit “Glory Days” after a chance encounter at the Headliner of Neptune, has passed away.

If Bruce Springsteen’s song stands true, Joe DePugh was quite the baseball player back in his “Glory Days.” DePugh, who inspired Springsteen’s iconic song, has died after a battle with cancer at 75 ...

Joe DePugh, a grade-school friend of Bruce Springsteen forever immortalized in his 1984 hit “Glory Days” as the baseball player who “could throw that speedball by you,” died of cancer in Florida. He ...

Joe DePugh, the man who inspired Bruce Springsteen's 1985 hit "Glory Days," has died of cancer. He was 75 years old. "Just a moment to mark the passing of Freehold native and ballplayer Joe DePugh," ...

Former high school baseball star Joe DePugh - who inspired Bruce Springsteen's song 'Glory Days' - has died at the age of 75. DePugh passed away at a hospice facility in West Palm Beach, Florida due ...

He was walking out and Bruce Springsteen was walking in. Joe DePugh, the Freehold, New Jersey native who inspired Springsteen's hit “Glory Days” after a chance encounter in their shared hometown, has ...

Joe DePugh, a childhood friend of Bruce Springsteen who inspired the hit song "Glory Days," has died at 75. DePugh and Springsteen played baseball together as kids, and a chance encounter years later ...

DePugh, who died at age 75, was childhood pals with the Boss Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Joe DePugh inspired Bruce Springsteen's hit "Glory Days" The two had played baseball together in ...