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

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

The universal theme of unrealised teenage sporting potential was immortalised by Bruce Springsteen in his song Glory Days ...

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

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.

Springsteen and DePugh were later part-time neighbors in Palm Beach County in Florida. DePugh lived in a condo in Lake Worth, ...

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

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

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.

Mega star Bruce Springsteen’s high school friend, Joe DePugh, died this week and “The Boss” issued a statement on social ...

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 ...

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