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.

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

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Joe DePugh of Freehold, who inspired the Springsteen hit “Glory Days” after a chance encounter at the Headliner of Neptune, ...

Joe DePugh, the former Freehold, New Jersey baseball player who led a life that inspired Bruce Springsteen’s hit song Glory Days died at the age of 75.

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The post included lyrics about DePugh that were featured in the song from Springsteen’s chart-topping 1984 album Born in the U.S.A. The anthemic “Glory Days” was the fifth single released from the ...

Joe DePugh apparently had quite the arm when he took the mound as a kid. His fastball would blow by hitters and, boy, make ...

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.