Former Bears star Perry released from hospital

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In this May 22, 2006 file photo, former Chicago Bears football player William "Refrigerator" Perry is seen at the United Way Celebrity Golf Tournament at the Davenport Country Club in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Quad-City Times, Larry Fisher, File)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: May 21, 2009 at 12:55 PM EST

Story Updated: May 21, 2009 at 12:55 PM EST

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — William "The Refrigerator" Perry has been released from the hospital after a monthlong stay for complications of a nervous system disorder.

Aiken Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Melissa Summer said the former Chicago Bears star was released on Wednesday after being treated for Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

Summer had no details about Perry's condition other than that doctors considered the 46-year-old improved enough to go home.

A call to Perry's agent, Adam Plotkin, was not immediately returned. A phone at the home of Perry's nephew, Purnell Perry, went unanswered.

Perry was a 300-pound plus defensive tackle for the Bears' and scored a TD in the team's win over New England in the 1986 Super Bowl.

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