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 ...

Bruce Springsteen recently took to Instagram to pay tribute to an old friend and inspiration of his 1985 hit “Glory Days.” “Just a moment to mark the passing of Freehold native and ballplayer Joe ...

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 ...

"Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere," in theaters Friday, has more blatant biopic cliches despite zeroing in on two years ...

Bruce Springsteen during Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul Concert at the Asbury Park Music and Film Festival at the Paramount Theatre on April 22, 2017, in New Jersey. Getty Images The Boss is ...

Bruce Springsteen is paying tribute to his late classmate Joe DePugh, a former star pitcher from New Jersey who inspired Springsteen’s wistful hit “Glory Days.” The Boss, 75, shared a Instagram post ...

Rock star Bruce Springsteen is known for songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “Glory Days.” Read about his tour, albums, ...

Bruce Springsteen turns 74 on Saturday, Sept. 23. It’s a date that means something to me. I actually remember when I first became aware of it—that the Boss had a birthday and that, following that day ...

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," ...

In September 1967, an Episcopal priest named Father Fred Coleman set up a tape recorder at The Left Foot, a church-owned teen center in Freehold, New Jersey. He wanted to capture the music of a ...

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