Origin year places a sport in the year its own laws were first fixed. Wikipedia notes association football "is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863." Browsing by origin year shows how long a sport's modern rulebook has actually existed.
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What is the difference between Water and Boat Sports and Aquatic Sports?
The dividing line is whether a boat provides propulsion, as in rowing and sailing, or the athlete's own body does, as in swimming.
Water and Boat Sports covers sports such as rowing and sailing, in which a boat, shell or hull is the means of propulsion or competition. Aquatic Sports instead covers sports contested by the athlete's own body in the water, such as swimming and water polo, so the dividing line is whether a craft or the athlete's body provides propulsion.