JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Leonard Skinner, 77, a high school physical education teacher who was the improbable namesake of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died yesterday.
In the late 1960s, Mr. Skinner was the by-the-books gym teacher at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, where he had a reputation as a stickler for personal appearance.
One day, Mr. Skinner sent a smart-aleck student named Ronnie Van Zant to the principal's office because his hair was touching his collar -- a flagrant violation of the school's dress code." | http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2010/09/leonard-skinner-namesake-of-ly.html9/21/2010 12:24:21 PM |
qntmfred retired 40600 Posts user info edit post |
good night sweet prince 9/21/2010 12:27:03 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
He's as free as a bird now. 9/21/2010 12:27:37 PM |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "After graduating from Robert E. Lee High School in 1951, Mr. Skinner attended Florida State University, where he was a fraternity brother of Burt Reynolds and a 1957 physical education graduate.
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He owned and operated a bar called The Still in Jacksonville, to which he later added his name after the band's surge in popularity. He sold it in the mid-1980s. It is now a topless bar.
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Mr. Skinner expressed remorse about the death of onetime troublemaker Van Zant.
"They were good, talented, hardworking boys," Mr. Skinner said in 1977. "They worked hard, lived hard, and boozed hard."
Besides his daughter, of Jacksonville, survivors include his wife of 54 years, Rosemary Jones Skinner of Jacksonville; a son, Leonard S. Skinner of Jacksonville; and two grandsons. " |
9/21/2010 12:28:26 PM |
AlaskanGrown I'm Randy 4693 Posts user info edit post |
Dude was cool by me. 9/21/2010 12:50:51 PM |
rflong All American 11472 Posts user info edit post |
I knew they were from Jax, but I never realized that is where Lynyrd Skynyrd got their name. My high school used to play Lee High in sports. They pretty much sucked at everything, but so did we. 9/21/2010 12:55:27 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "He's as free as a bird now." |
ROFL9/21/2010 1:08:01 PM |
BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
haha thats awesome
RIP
Quote : | "One day, Mr. Skinner sent a smart-aleck student named Ronnie Van Zant to the principal's office because his hair was touching his collar -- a flagrant violation of the school's dress code."" |
hell yea, WAR Mr. Skinner
Hank Hill would be proud9/21/2010 1:24:53 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72824 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "My high school used to play Lee High in sports." |
so did mine...
tho...
http://staunton.k12.va.us/lee/site/default.asp9/21/2010 1:34:52 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
STAUNTON
incorrectly pronounced like Stanton 9/21/2010 1:37:56 PM |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
Fun fact, Lee High School was also the alma mater of David Wooderson and Randall "Pink" Floyd. 9/21/2010 2:01:04 PM |
saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
Fun fact, nobody gives a shit 9/21/2010 2:14:30 PM |
DROD900 All American 24653 Posts user info edit post |
he outlived almost all of the band members 9/21/2010 2:43:51 PM |
GeniuSxBoY Suspended 16786 Posts user info edit post |
Did anyone notice that they misspelled Lynyrd Skynyrd in the article? 9/21/2010 5:22:37 PM |
BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
nah not really
how serious can you take some 80s hair band now 30 years later 9/21/2010 5:23:35 PM |
stateredneck All American 2966 Posts user info edit post |
hell yeah ROBERT E LEE highschool 9/21/2010 5:24:31 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
Which 80's hair band are we talking about? 9/21/2010 8:23:46 PM |