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

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

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

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

DePugh and Springsteen ran into each other in 1973 outside a bar in Neptune City, N.J. Over a decade later, “Glory Days” hit the airwaves.

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

Joe DePugh, a former New Jersey high school baseball star known for his association with one of musician Bruce Springsteen's ...

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 ...

DePugh lived in a condo in Lake Worth, and Springsteen owns a home in Wellington. He was walking out and Bruce Springsteen ...

DePugh, who inspired Springsteen’s iconic song, has died from cancer at 75 years old. “Just a moment to mark the passing of Freehold [N.J.] native and ballplayer Joe DePugh,” Springsteen ...