Career
A Yungngora man, Skinner was born at Noonkanbah Station, several hundred kilometres east of Broome, Western Australia. Skinner was taken at number 88 in the 2010 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft. Making his debut during the 2011 American Federation of Labor-Congress season, Skinner retired from American Federation of Labor-Congress football at the end of the 2012 season.