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,” ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The King’s graduate went to high school with the Boss. Bruce Springsteen and the late Joe DePugh. Photo courtesy of the Stowe Reporter (Vermont) Posted by Bruce Springsteen on Social media. Listen to ...

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 ...