Elizabeth "Toots" Barger (March 30, 1913 – September 28, 1998) was a Baltimore, Maryland duckpin bowling champion.
She was born Mary Elizabeth Ryan in Hamilton, Maryland and graduated from Eastern High School in 1931.
The Baltimore Evening Sun newspaper sponsored an annual tournament from 1925 to 1968, which was often broadcast on local television.
She donated a number of items to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, including a bowling ball engraved with her nickname Toots.
[4][5] In 1992, she led an unsuccessful campaign to make duckpin bowling the official state sport of Maryland.