Leo Heremans total auction

Leo Heremans,
the eye for perfection…
By far the most popular pigeon strain in the world is
that of Leo Heremans because of the way it dominates
all over the world. Leo applied the eye for perfection
he developed as diamond cutter onto pigeon racing
and created the new world strain. Very reliable,
with a rough base that was refined year after year
and eventually turned out to become the best short
and middle distance pigeon in the world. A story of
survival … of dedication … of talent … of misfortune
… but above all, of great success.
Shortly after the Second World War, a small farm in the town of
Vorselaar was the location of the birth of Leo Heremans in 1947,
as the youngest child of six, with four older brothers and one
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sister. Circumstances must have been miserable in Leo’s younger
years. His father passed away when Leo was just six months
old, leaving the family with debts and his mother and older
brothers to find a way to make a living. Just two cows were their
source of income and in order to pay for the hospital bills even
these two had to be sold. This was a period that required a great
deal of effort to survive for the entire family. However Leo, the
youngest of the family,
was protected from
their troubles and never
experienced the first
years of his life as being
as poor as they were.
Leo Heremans grew
up in a period that
required a great deal
of effort to survive
for the entire family
It characterized the
Heremans family
that - bit by bit - hard
labour enabled them
to improve their living
standards. Before Leo’s tenth birthday the farm of Heremans
ensured a steady income, not much but enough for the family to
leave poverty behind. Leo’s oldest brother Louis, 17 years older,
became Leo’s second father and took him by the hand during
his youth. It was a youth where sports played an important role
for the pigeon legend to be. Leo was extremely athletic and one
of the great talents in soccer of ‘Ons Genoegen Vorselaar’. At
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