Forby Leonard Skinner[1] (January 11, 1933 – September 20, 2010) was an American high school gym teacher, basketball coach, and businessman from Jacksonville, Florida. He is known in …

Lynyrd Skynyrd (/ l ɛ n ər d ˈ s k ɪ n ər d /, LEN-ərd SKIN-ərd) [2] is an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The group originally formed as My Backyard and comprised …

Sep 21, 2010 · Leonard Skinner, a high-school gym teacher who inspired a group of pupils to name their band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Monday in Jacksonville, Fla. NPR's David Greene talks …

Sep 21, 2010 · Leonard Skinner, a Florida high school gym teacher and coach who was the inspiration for the name of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died. He was 77. …

In 1973 the band released its first album, Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd. “ Free Bird,” a tribute to the late Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band, was an immediate sensation, thanks to …

Sep 20, 2010 · "Leonard Skinner, the no-nonsense, flattopped basketball coach and gym teacher whose name is forever linked with Jacksonville’s legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd, died in his sleep …

Sep 21, 2010 · JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Leonard Skinner, the basketball coach and gym teacher who inspired the name of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died on Monday in a nursing …

Sep 20, 2010 · Leonard Skinner, the no-nonsense, flat-topped basketball coach and gym teacher whose name is forever linked with Jacksonville's legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd, died in his sleep …

Sep 20, 2010 · Leonard Skinner, arguably the most influential high school gym teacher in American popular culture, whose enforcement of a draconian classroom policy against long …

Sep 21, 2010 · LOS ANGELES — Leonard Skinner, a high-school gym teacher who became a rock ‘n’ roll footnote by inspiring a group of pupils to name their band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died on …