A five-time all-conference selection across two sports, Johnny (Sedlock) Love was a standout student-athlete on both the football and baseball fields at Concordia.
A middle linebacker and nose guard on the football team, Love earned all-conference honors in four consecutive seasons from 1981-1984. On the baseball team, Love was named All-Conference in 1984.
Love's 371 career total tackles still rank second in program history more than four decades later, with his 249 solo tackles ranking first in program history. His 28 tackles for loss rank 14th in school history. He also recovered four fumbles and brought down six interceptions throughout his career, including two that were returned for touchdowns.
The record books from the baseball program during Love's playing career aren't available, but the All-UMAC performer recalls leading the team in home runs in each of his two seasons on the team including breaking Roger Lind's 1981 single-season home run record of 12.
Following his graduation in 1986, he was an assistant football coach in 1986 and the head baseball coach in 1987 before he began a seven-year career as a professional wrestler including stints with the PWA, AWA, NWA, Calgary Stampede, and an extended European tour. Throughout his career, Love worked alongside wrestling legends including Baron Von Raske, Mad Dog Vachon, The Shiek, and Kenny "The Sodbuster" Jay. Love purchased Los Campeones Gym with his business partner in 1990 and retired from wrestling in 1993 to focus on running the gym.
After selling the gym following more than 20 years of ownership, Love became the horse racing handicapper for the Minneapolis Star Tribune with his picks for Canterbury Park, the Triple Crown, and the Breeders' Cup appearing in the paper from 2011-2020.
Love is now retired and resides in Chandler, Arizona with his wife of 32 years, Shawn. Together, the pair have two sons, Nico and Julian.
Career Awards/Honors
- Four-time All-UMAC selection (Football, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)
- 1984 All-UMAC selection (Baseball)
CSP Records
- 1st - career solo tackles (249)
- t-1st - career interception return TDs (2)
- 2nd - career total tackles (371)
- t-10th - career fumbles recovered (4)
- 11th - career assisted tackles (122)
- 14th - career tackles for loss (28)
- broke Stan Tischer's single-season tackles record in 1983
- broke Stan Tischer's single-game tackles record in 1983 with 20-plus
Career Stats
- 371 total tackles
- 249 solo tackles
- 122 assisted tackles
- 28 tackles for loss
- 6 interceptions
- 4 fumble recoveries
