Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to former Little League pal Joe DePugh, who died in Florida of cancer at age 75. DePugh and Springsteen ran into each other at a bar in 1973, which inspired the hit ...

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 ...

“So, in the context of that, ‘Glory Days,’ I thought it was funny! I guess! I don’t know!” The song’s origin came from when the two ran into each other in 1973 outside the “Headliner ...

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 ...

By Michael S. Rosenwald Joe DePugh, the Little League teammate of Bruce Springsteen who inspired the rocker’s hit song “Glory Days,” a rousing, bittersweet anthem to their hardscrabble ...

Joe DePugh, the Freehold, New Jersey native who inspired Springsteen's hit “Glory Days” after a chance encounter in their ...

Bruce Springsteen in 1984 — the year he had a hit with "Glory Days." - Credit: Ebet Roberts/Getty Images Joe DePugh, a grade-school friend of Bruce Springsteen forever immortalized in his 1984 h ...

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 ...

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.