Career
He served as the play-by-play voice of the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team from 1955 through 1965 and was part of the inaugural Atlanta Falcons radio broadcast team along with Johnny Sauer on Columbia Broadcasting System Sports televised NFL coverage during the 1966 and 1967 seasons. He also served as the city editor for the Athens Banner-Herald and the sports director for WAGA (television) in Atlanta, Georgia for 12 years. In 1975, Thilenius became the head of public relations for the Atlanta Flames National Hockey League hockey team
In 1960, Thilenius co-authored a book about Bulldogs football coach Wally Butts entitled Number Ifs, Number Ands, A Lot of Butts: 21 Years of Georgia Football.
Thilenius died in 1981 at the age of 57. He is survived by three sons: Edward, Robert, and Jackson.
Edward has one daughter, Ariel Thilenius. Robert has one son, Garrett Thilenius.
