Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to former Little League pal Joe DePugh, who died in Florida of cancer at age 75. DePugh and ...

If Bruce Springsteen’s song stands true, Joe DePugh was quite the baseball player back in his “Glory Days.” DePugh, who ...

Joe DePugh, a high school friend of Bruce Springsteen forever immortalized in the 1984 hit 'Glory Days,' has died at age 75.

Joe DePugh and Bruce Springsteen played baseball as teens in New Jersey. A chance meeting at a bar inspired Springsteen's ...

Bruce Springsteen recently took to Instagram to pay tribute to an old friend and inspiration of his 1985 hit “Glory Days.” ...

He was walking out and Bruce Springsteen was a walking in. Joe DePugh of Freehold, who inspired the Springsteen hit “Glory ...

Joe DePugh apparently had quite the arm when he took the mound as a kid. His fastball would blow by hitters and, boy, make ...

Joe DePugh, a childhood friend Bruce Springsteen wrote about in the 1985 hit 'Glory Days,' died in 2025 at the age of 75.

A gifted athlete, he gave a clumsy teenage Bruce Springsteen his first nickname, Saddie. Years later, the Boss returned the favor, memorializing him in a song.

Joe DePugh, the Freehold, New Jersey native who inspired Springsteen's hit “Glory Days” after a chance encounter in their shared hometown, has passed away. He was 75. DePugh died after a bout with ...

Bruce Springsteen has paid tribute to Joe DePugh, the New Jersey pitcher who inspired his hit song “Glory Days,” following ...