If Bruce Springsteen’s song stands true, Joe DePugh was quite the baseball player back in his “Glory Days.” DePugh, who inspired Springsteen’s iconic song, has died after a battle with cancer at 75 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

With Bruce Springsteen losing his close friend to cancer, the singer took a moment to honor the person who inspired "Glory ...