Joe DePugh, the Little League teammate of Bruce Springsteen who inspired the rocker’s hit song “Glory Days,” a rousing, bittersweet anthem to their hardscrabble childhoods in Freehold, N.J., where time passed by “in the wink of a young girl’s eye,” died on Friday in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 75.
Joe DePugh, Speedball Pitcher in Springsteen’s ‘Glory Days,’ Dies at 75
Source: New York Times |
Author: Michael S. Rosenwald |
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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.
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Joe DePugh, Speedball Pitcher in Springsteen’s ‘Glory Days,’ Dies at 75. 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.
