The Briton who remains in demand in NBA at 74
Alex McKechnie chuckles at the leap of faith he took when he packed up almost all his belongings in Glasgow and booked a one-way flight to Vancouver, Canada on 7 September 1974.
"I had $300 in my pocket," he recounts. "And no job."
At that point it might have been hard for the newly qualified physiotherapist to imagine he would one day be telling basketball great Shaquille O'Neal - with his full entourage in tow - to wait his turn to see him.
Or that an idea he had when looking at a children's playground would spark a novel way to improve recovery from knee injuries.
