Peggy Fulbright: The Real Story of Lex Luger’s Former Wife

Public records point to Peggy Hall Pfohl as the woman widely called Peggy Fulbright online, with a long life story beyond professional wrestling.

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Introduction

Peggy Fulbright is best known online as the former wife of wrestling star Lex Luger, whose legal name is Lawrence Pfohl. Yet the strongest family records use another name: Peggy Hall Pfohl. Her father’s obituary lists her that way, while later family records use Peggy Pfohl McCown. That naming trail matters because many short profile pages repeat “Peggy Fulbright” without explaining it.

Her own story has much more to it. She attended Penn State, was tied to college athletics, raised two children, and later built a long-running real estate business in Georgia. She has kept a far lower public profile than her former husband.

Quick Facts About Peggy Fulbright

Fact	Details
Common online name	Peggy Fulbright
Name in family records	Peggy Hall Pfohl
Later family-record name	Peggy Pfohl McCown
Former husband	Lawrence “Lex Luger” Pfohl
Children	Brian Pfohl and Lauren Ashley Pfohl
College	Penn State University
College sports link	Collegiate athlete; Peggy Hall also appears in 1977 Penn State relay records
Profession	Real estate agent / associate broker
Company	Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners
Work area	Atlanta-area communities in Georgia
Real estate experience	About 24 years on current agent profiles
Real estate licence	Georgia #257359

Who Is Peggy Fulbright?

Peggy Fulbright is the name many wrestling and entertainment pages use for Lex Luger’s former wife. Family documents tell the story more clearly.

Her father Cecil Glenn Hall’s obituary names his daughter as Peggy Hall Pfohl of Duluth, Georgia. It also names Brian A. Pfohl and Lauren A. Pfohl among his grandchildren. Years later, Peggy’s mother’s obituary lists Peggy Pfohl McCown and husband Steve of Atlanta, Georgia.

So the safest way to describe her is simple: Peggy Fulbright is the widely used online name, while Peggy Hall Pfohl is the name backed by stronger family records.

That clears up a lot.

Peggy Hall’s Family Background

Peggy was born into the Hall family. Her father was Cecil Glenn Hall, and her mother was Yoshiko Nagaoka Hall. Cecil’s obituary says Yoshiko was originally from Fukuoka, Japan. The couple had five children. Peggy was one of them.

Her siblings listed in that family record are James E. Hall, Bonnie Hall Benfer, Robert G. Hall, and David S. Hall. The same record places Peggy in Duluth, Georgia, by 2009.

These records are useful because they connect Peggy Hall directly with the Pfohl family name and with her children.

Penn State Years and Athletics

Peggy attended Penn State University. Her current professional profile also lists Penn State under education.

A review of A&E’s program about Lex Luger says Luger met his future wife, collegiate athlete Peggy Hall, at Penn State. That gives a direct link between Peggy Hall, Penn State, and Lex Luger.

There is another sports clue. Results from the 1977 AIAW Outdoor Track and Field Championships list a Penn State Peggy Hall in the 4 × 880-yard relay team with Lisa Turner, Lea Ventura, and Kris Bankes. The team placed fifth.

The name, school, period, and athlete description fit the same person closely. Still, the championship result by itself does not state “Peggy Pfohl,” so it is better to keep the wording careful.

How Peggy Met Lex Luger

Peggy and Lawrence Pfohl met during their Penn State years. At that point, he was still chasing a football career. He had not yet become Lex Luger, one of wrestling’s best-known names of the late 1980s and 1990s.

Their relationship began before wrestling fame.

That changes the picture. Peggy was part of his life before television fame, championship runs, and the Lex Luger character became familiar to wrestling fans.

Marriage to Lex Luger

Public sources agree that Peggy and Lex Luger were married and later divorced, but the wedding date is messy.

IMDb lists Peggy Fulbright as Luger’s former spouse and gives the marriage period as June 17, 1981 to January 24, 2003, with two children. Other wrestling references give 1979 as the marriage year. Because those dates clash, this article does not treat either wedding date as settled fact.

The divorce year, 2003, appears across the better-known public profiles.

Peggy stayed outside wrestling fame. She was not known as an in-ring performer, wrestling manager, or regular television personality. Her public identity was mainly tied to family life and, later, her own real estate work.

Peggy Fulbright and Lex Luger’s Children

Peggy and Lex have two children: Brian Pfohl and Lauren Ashley Pfohl.

Both have public college sports records.

Brian Pfohl

Brian played men’s basketball at Mercer University. Sports-Reference lists him as a 6-foot-7 forward from Atlanta who played 93 college games and scored 689 points during his Mercer career.

Mercer’s own historical basketball records also list Brian across the 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2007-08 seasons.

He followed an athletic route, but not professional wrestling.

Lauren Ashley Pfohl

Lauren also became a college athlete. Tulane University lists Lauren Ashley Pfohl, born in Atlanta, as a member of its women’s swimming and diving team. Her university profile names her mother as Peggy Pfohl and her brother as Brian.

She had a strong school swimming record before Tulane and studied business marketing there. Her profile also records academic honours during her college years.

The Tulane page is one of the clearest public records tying Peggy Pfohl directly to the family.

Peggy Pfohl’s Real Estate Career

Peggy built a career away from wrestling.

Current agent pages list Peggy Pfohl with Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners in Georgia. Georgia MLS shows her with the same company and displays recent active and sold property listings.

Realtor.com lists about 24 years of experience and Georgia real estate licence #257359. Her work covers residential sales, buyers, listings, luxury homes, relocation, investment property, first-time buyers, second homes, and several Atlanta-area markets.

Zillow also lists her as a Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker with Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners and shows hundreds of recorded sales on the platform. Those live totals can change as new transactions are added.

This is a major part of her own public record. She is not simply a name attached to a famous former husband.

She built her own work history.

Where Does Peggy Live and Work?

Family records place Peggy in Duluth, Georgia, in 2009 and in the Atlanta, Georgia area in 2020. Her current real estate pages also place her professional work around Duluth and nearby Atlanta-area communities.

Her agent profile lists service areas such as Atlanta, Alpharetta, Buford, Cumming, Duluth, Norcross, Peachtree Corners, and Roswell.

So her public work remains closely tied to Georgia.

Did Peggy Remarry?

A 2020 obituary for her mother names “Peggy Pfohl McCown and husband Steve” of Atlanta. That family record shows that Peggy later used the McCown surname and had a husband named Steve by that time.

The public record used here does not give a wedding date. It would be wrong to guess one.

Why the Name “Peggy Fulbright” Needs Care

This is the part many profile pages skip.

IMDb and a number of wrestling pages use Peggy Fulbright. Yet her father’s obituary calls her Peggy Hall Pfohl, and the A&E program review also calls Lex Luger’s Penn State partner Peggy Hall. Her daughter’s Tulane profile uses Peggy Pfohl.

Because of that, “Fulbright” should not be presented as her proven maiden surname without a stronger record.

For readers searching that name, though, the identity match is clear enough to explain: the woman they are looking for is the former wife of Lex Luger, the mother of Brian and Lauren Pfohl, and the Georgia real estate professional documented as Peggy Pfohl.

Peggy Pfohl Today

As of 2026, Peggy Pfohl still appears on active real estate platforms connected with Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners. Georgia MLS lists current and recent property activity under her name, while Realtor.com and Zillow continue to carry active professional profiles.

She keeps a much quieter public profile than Lex Luger.

And that seems consistent.

Her public footprint is mostly real estate, family records, and the college sports records of her children.

Final Thought

Peggy Fulbright is often introduced with one line: Lex Luger’s former wife. That is true, but it leaves out most of the public record.

Stronger records identify her as Peggy Hall Pfohl. She attended Penn State, had a college athletics connection, raised two children who became college athletes, and built a long real estate career in Georgia. Later family records use the name Peggy Pfohl McCown.

Her story is quieter than Luger’s.

But it stands on its own.