Career
He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh and was a consensus selection at the tackle position on the 1918 College Football All-America Team. Hilty was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Peabody High School. After graduating from Pitt, Hilty moved to Houston, Texas, by 1920.
He was employed for many years as a salesman for a paper company, Library Science Bosworth Company
Hilty died in 1978 at Brenham, Texas, at age 81.