Ditka leads effort to help ‘Refrigerator’ Perry
By Admin on June 12, 2009
It was Mike Ditka who turned William “Refrigerator” Perry into an international celebrity and Chicago folk hero.
And it is Mike Ditka who is helping Perry, 46, literally get back on his feet and walk again.
The coach who put the rookie defensive tackle in the Bears’ backfield in 1985 has taken an active role in getting the Fridge the medical care he needs in his continuing battle with Guillain Barre Syndrome and CIDP, an offshoot of the disease that affects the nervous system.
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