Nick Bastaja

{{Short description|English gridiron football player (born 1953)}}

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|birth_place=Grantham, England

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|playing_years1=1975–1976

|playing_team1=Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|playing_years2=1977–1979

|playing_team2=Toronto Argonauts

|playing_years3=1980–1988

|playing_team3=Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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• 2× Grey Cup champion (1984, 1988)

|CFLAllStar=1984, 1985

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Nick Bastaja (born February 4, 1953) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played fourteen seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was a member of the Grey Cup championship-winning Winnipeg Blue Bombers teams of 1984 and 1988. Bastaja also received the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award in the 1985 CFL season.

After his retirement as a player, Bastaja spent two seasons as a colour commentator for CFL games on the Canadian Football Network.